Publisher's Synopsis
This time-saving office and courtroom resource gives you a thorough, practical knowledge of the essential history, provisions and appellate case law of the seminal Bail Reform Act of 1984. Federal Bail and Detention Handbook features checklists that ensure you take all the proper legal steps - abundant appellate citations to support your arguments - a handy summary chart of the legal standards governing release on bond for convicted defendants - New analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act on the detention of aliens suspected of terrorism - and insight into the latest appellate developments affecting the U. S. Sentencing Guidelines, defendants charged with RICO violations, defendants charged with crimes while on release, and the use at trial of the depositions of material witnesses.
