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The Colossal Book of Criminal Citations (7th Edition), by Richard Davis, is the most thorough criminal reference book of legal subjects available. Our book contains over 200 legal topics with more than 6,600 U.S. Supreme, Federal Circuit, District and State Court references to enhance nearly every legal argument. Topics include: Federal Habeas Corpus Relief, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Plea Agreements, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Sentencing and more. This book will assist every defendant prepare for trial or seek relief after a conviction. The defendant awaiting trial will discover sample pretrial motions, questions to assist with jury selection and gain a valuable understanding of prosecution trial strategy. The convicted defendant will find sample post-conviction motions, briefs, and contact information to Innocence Project Organizations. This one book will provide more value than several other books combined.
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The Colossal Book of Civil Citations (Second Edition), by Richard Davis, is the most thorough reference book of civil subjects available. This book is designed to assist the litigant prepare a 42 U.S.C. §1983 complaint and present the claim through trial, enhancing every legal argument throughout the process. Our book contains over 60 topics with more than 2100 U.S. Supreme, Federal Circuit, District and State Court references. Topics include: Clearly Established, Conditions of Confinement, Deliberate Indifference, Disciplinary Hearings, Prison Medical Care, Summary Judgment and more. The Colossal Book of Civil Citations contains sample discovery motions, motions in limine to exclude criminal history and disciplinary violations, motions to appear unshackled and wear civilian clothing at trial, sample jury instructions and more. This one book will provide more value than several other books combined. Order your copy today.
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Habeas Corpus Relief Checklist
The habeas corpus relief checklist is a topical collection of successful constitutional claims which have been presented in a habeas corpus relief petition. The checklist is intended to simplify and offer insights on potential claims to consider when performing a case review.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Checklist
The ineffective assistance of counsel checklist contains a listing of events wherein some form of ineffectiveness occurred, starting with the court’s jurisdiction, progressing through trial activities, sentencing, and appellate and post-conviction stages.
Post-Conviction Relief Checklist
Have you ever wondered what type of issues to search for in a criminal case to achieve successful post-conviction relief? The post-conviction relief checklist will simplify and offer suggestions on potential topics to look for during this process.
Helpful Links
- Alaska Innocence Project: http://www.alaskainnocence.org/index.html
- Arizonans for Rational Sex Offense Laws: https://azrsol.org/
- AZ Justice Project: http://www.azjusticeproject.org/
- California Innocence Project: https://californiainnocenceproject.org/
- Centurion: https://centurion.org/
- Connecticut Innocence Project / Post Conviction Unit: https://portal.ct.gov/OCPD/Innocence-Project/Connecticut-Innocence-Project
- Destination Freedom: https://destination-freedom.org/
- The Duke Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility: https://web.law.duke.edu/ccjpr/
- The Exoneration Initiative: https://www.exonerationinitiative.org/
- Georgia Innocence Project: https://ga-innocenceproject.org/
- Great North Innocence Project (Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota): https://www.greatnorthinnocenceproject.org/
- Hawaii Innocence Project: https://www.hawaiiinnocenceproject.org/
- Idaho Innocence Project: https://www.boisestate.edu/innocenceproject/
- Illinois Innocence Project: https://www.uis.edu/illinoisinnocenceproject/
- Innocence Clinic Miami: https://ga-innocenceproject.org/
- Innocence Project: https://innocenceproject.org/
- Innocence Project Florida: https://www.floridainnocence.org/
- Innocence Project New Orleans: https://ip-no.org/
- Innocence Project of Texas: https://innocencetexas.org/
- Iowa Innocence: http://www.iowainnocence.org/
- Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project: https://exonerate.org/
- Middle Ground Prison Reform: https://www.middlegroundprisonreform.org/
- Midwest Innocence Project: https://themip.org/
- Nebraska Innocence Project: https://innocenceproject.org/policy/nebraska/
- New England Innocence Project: https://www.newenglandinnocence.org/
- North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence: https://www.nccai.org/
- Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Center on Wrongful Convictions: https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/
- Oklahoma Indigent Defense System: https://www.ok.gov/OIDS/
- Pennsylvania Innocence Project: https://painnocence.org/
- Public Counsel: https://publiccounsel.org/
- University of Mississippi, George C. Cochran Innocence Project: https://innocenceproject.olemiss.edu/
- USCI Criminology, Law & Society: https://cls.soceco.uci.edu/faculty/william-c-thompson
- West Virginia University Innocence Project: https://www.law.wvu.edu/clinical-law/clinics/innocence-project
- Wisconsin Innocence Project: https://www.law.wisc.edu/fjr/clinicals/ip/index.html