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Author Ramirez, Linda Friedman.

Title Cultural issues in criminal defense / Linda Friedman Ramirez
Edition Second edition
Published Huntington, N.Y. : Juris, [2007]
©2007

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Description xliv, 730 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Client interview and case evaluation -- Consular resources and litigation strategies -- Use of foreign language interpreters -- Language proficiency and its relationship to language evidence -- Immigration consequences of criminal convictions -- Pretrial practice -- Legal challenges in extradition cases -- Federal law issues in obtaining evidence abroad -- Cultural issues in Fourth Amendment motions to suppress -- Cultural issues in motions to suppress statements -- Selective prosecution -- Racial profiling -- Trial practice -- Raising cultural defenses -- Using cultural experts -- Cultural issues in jury selection -- American Indian culture and federal crimes -- Defending the crime of illegal entry and reentry -- Post trial practice -- Cultural issues in sentencing -- Appeal and post conviction review
Notes Original edition by: James G. Connell III, Rene L. Valladares
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Defense (Criminal procedure) -- United States.
Noncitizen criminals -- Civil rights -- United States.
Court interpreting and translating -- United States.
Culture and law.
Author Connell, James G.
Valladares, Rene L.
ISBN 1578232244
9781578232246