Virginia Criminal Benchbook for Judges and Lawyers

This concise, comprehensive single volume covers hundreds of situations arising in the courtroom. An authoritatively written resource that provides a standard reference for judges, attorneys, and legal professionals, it includes every phase of a criminal trial from pretrial, arraignment and pleas, to sentencing, suspension, and habeas corpus.

Topics covered in Virginia Criminal Benchbook for Judges and Lawyers include the following:

•  Grand jury
•  Pretrial
•  Motions to suppress
•  Arraignment and pleas
•  Jury trials
•  Bench trials
•  Witnesses
•  Interpreters
•  Sentencing
•  Revocation of probation/suspended sentence
•  Capital cases
•  Post conviction relief
•  Juveniles
•  Contempt
•  Civil commitment of sexually violent predators