Recommended Titles and Treatises
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Criminal Procedure
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includes legal forms
Texas Titles
| Title |
|---|
| Administrative license revocation manual
by Gawrence Boyd.
Knowles.
2006.
Call number: KFT 2231 B6 |
| An introduction to Texas post-conviction habeas corpus
by John Jasuta.
Texas Independent Bar Association.
2004.
Call number: KF T 9690 J37 |
| Capital writs
by Roe Wilson.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2002.
Call number: KF 9619 W55 |
| Confessions
by Alan Curry.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2015.
Call number: KFT 9664 S76 |
| Criminal forms and trial manual (Texas practice series)
by Michael McCormick.
Thomson West.
2005.
Call number: KFT 209 T4 v.7-8 |
| Erisman's reversible errors in Texas criminal cases
by Fred Erisman.
Knowles.
1981.
Call number: KFT 9756 E7 |
| Evaluating fairness and accuracy in state death penalty systems : the Texas capital punishment assessment report : an analysis of Texas's death penalty laws, procedures, and practices
by American Bar Association.
American Bar Association.
2013.
Call number: KFT 9227 E93 |
| Expunction and nondisclosure
by Andrea Westerfeld.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2014.
Call number: KFT 9690 W47 |
| Extradition
by Steve Chalender.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2004.
Call number: KFT 9625 C53 |
| Extraneous offenses and uncharged conduct
by Cliff Roberson.
Knowles.
2004.
Call number: KFT 8931 R6 |
| Guide to asset seizure and forfeiture
by Don Clemmer.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2014.
Call number: KFT 9747 C4 |
| Improving discovery in criminal cases in Texas : how best practices contribute to greater justice
by Texas Appleseed (Foundation).
Texas Appleseed.
2013.
Call number: KFT 8900 I46 |
| Mental defenses
by Jane Starnes.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2005.
Call number: KFT 480 S72 |
| Perfect plea
by John Bradley.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2008.
Call number: KFT 9654 B73 |
| Post-conviction remedies: pursuant to article 11.07, C.Cr.P
by John Jasuta.
BB Publications.
2009.
Call number: REF DESK KFT 9690 J38 |
| Search and seizure
by Michael B. Charlton.
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
2009.
Call number: KFT 9630 C43 |
| State Counsel for Offenders legal handbook
by State Counsel for Offenders.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
2010.
Call number: KFT 337.5 P7 S8 |
| State's appellate manual
by Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2007.
Call number: KFT 9050 A16 S7 |
| TDCAA Writs
by Andrea Jacobs.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2016.
Call number: KFT 9619 J3 2016 |
| TDCLA's annotated Texas rules of evidence and rules of appellate procedure
by Cynthia L. Hampton.
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
2009.
Call number: KFT 8935 H36 |
| Texas criminal defense forms annotated
by W. V. Dunnam.
Knowles.
1984.
Call number: KFT 9616 D8 |
| Texas criminal forms
by Robert Gill.
James Publishing.
2006.
Call number: KFT 9216 G55 |
| Texas criminal pattern jury charges: intoxication and controlled substances
by State Bar of Texas.
State Bar of Texas.
2016.
Call number: KFT 8984 S7 C75 |
| Texas criminal procedure & the offender with mental illness: an analysis & guide
by Bryan D. Shannon.
NAMI - Texas.
2008.
Call number: KFT 9242 S5 |
| Texas DWI law and practice handbook
by Julie Baker.
Thomson West.
2009.
Call number: KFT 209 T4 V. 50 |
| Texas law enforcement handbook: contemporary criminal procedure
by Larry Holtz.
Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender.
2009.
Call number: KFT 5399 H65 |
| Texas punishment
by Keith Hampton.
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
2011.
Call number: REF DESK KFT 9685 H36 |
| Texas search and seizure
by Robert Barton.
Juris.
2014.
Call number: KFT 9630 B3 |
| Texas sentencing
by John Bradley.
Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender.
2011.
Call number: REF KFT 9685 A5 |
Federal/General Titles
| Title |
|---|
| A unifying framework for court performance measurement: final report
by State Justice Institute.
National Center for State Courts.
2008.
Call number: KF 8732 U55 |
| ABA standards for criminal justice : treatment of prisoners
by American bar Association. Criminal Justice Standards Committee.
American Bar Association.
2011.
Call number: KF 9731 A44 |
| ABA standards for criminal justice pleas of guilty
by American Bar Association.
American Bar Association.
1999.
Call number: KF 9654 S83 |
| ABA standards for criminal justice. Speedy trial and timely resolution of criminal cases
by American Bar Association.
American Bar Association.
2006.
Call number: KF 9223.4 A95 |
| Another bite at the apple: a guide to section 2255 motions for federal prisoners
by Janice Bergmann.
American Bar Association.
2009.
Call number: KF 9011 B47 |
| Changing role of the American prosecutor
by John L. Worrall.
State University of New York.
2008.
Call number: KF 9640 C454 |
| Criminal procedure
by Wayne LaFave.
Thomson West.
2015.
Call number: KF 9619 L3 |
| Criminal trial strategy
by Charles W. Tessmer.
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
2003.
Call number: KF 9655 T4 |
| Eligible for justice: guidelines for appointing defense counsel
by Brennan Center for Justice.
Brennan Center for Justice.
2008.
Call number: KF 9646 E45 |
| Federal criminal appeals
by Lissa Griffin.
Thomson West.
1991.
Call number: KF 9690 G7 |
| Federal criminal procedure litigation manual
by Stephen A. Saltzburg.
Anderson Publishing.
2012.
Call number: KF 9619 F43 |
| Federal postconviction remedies and relief: with forms
by Donald Wilkes.
Thomson West.
1996.
Call number: KF 9690 W55 |
| Federal sentencing law and practice
by Thomas Hutchinson.
Thomson West.
2016.
Call number: KF 9685 H8 |
| Full Disclosure: combatting stonewalling and other discovery abuses
by ncis Hare.
ATLA Press.
1994.
Call number: KF 8900 H37 1994 |
| How to try a murder case : pretrial and trial guidelines for prosecution and defense
by Michael Wims.
American Bar Association.
2011.
Call number: KF 9306 W56 |
| Justice denied: America's continuing neglect of our constitutional right to counsel
by National Right to Counsel Committee.
National Right to Counsel Committee.
2009.
Call number: KF 9646 J87 |
| Lethal injection: capital punishment in Texas during the modern era
by Jonathan Sorensen.
University of Texas Press.
2006.
Call number: KF 9227 S67 |
| Mental disability and the death penalty : the shame of the states
by Michael Perlin.
Rowman & Littlefield.
2013.
Call number: KF 9227 C2 P47 |
| O'Connor's federal criminal rules and codes plus
by Sean Buckley.
Jones McClure.
Call number: KF 9606.99 D568 |
| Plea bargaining
by G. Nicholas Herman.
Juris.
2012.
Call number: KF 9654 H38 |
| Postconviction remedies
by Larry Yackle.
Thomson West.
2010.
Call number: KF 9690 Y32 |
| Presiding over capital cases: a benchbook for judges
by William Brunson.
National Judicial College.
2009.
Call number: KF 9655 P73 |
| Prisoners' self-help litigation manual
by John Boston.
Oceana.
2010.
Call number: REF DESK KF 9731 M36 |
| Privilege of silence: fifth amendment protections against self-incrimination
by Steven Salky.
American Bar Association.
2009.
Call number: KF 9668 S25 |
| Second chances in the criminal justice system: alternatives to incarceration and reentry strategies
by American Bar Association Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions.
American Bar Association.
2007.
Call number: KF 9750.5 A75 |
| State postconviction remedies and relief: with forms
by Donald Wilkes.
Thomson West.
1996.
Call number: KF 9690 W55 |
| The power of habeas corpus in America: from the King's Prerogative to the War on Terror
by Anthony Gregory.
Cambridge University Press.
2013.
Call number: KF 9011 G74 |
| The rights of the accused under the Sixth Amendment : trials, presentation of evidence, and confrontation
by Paul Marcus.
American Bar Association.
2012.
Call number: KF 9625 M37 |
| The State of criminal justice: an annual report
by American Bar Association. Section of Criminal Justice.
American Bar Association.
2013.
Call number: KF 9223 A15 S73 |
| Winning the acquittal : tips from a high profile trial
by Michael Pasano.
American Bar Association.
2011.
Call number: KF 9656 P37 |