Criminal Law Research Guide

Contained in Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:07. For additional annotations, look for this rule under Court Rules for Massachusetts on Lexis or Westlaw.

Practice area-based approach to a lawyer's duty to his or her client, to the court, to colleagues, and to third parties. General chapters about various ethical duties, and Chapter 21 focuses specifically on ethical issues in criminal trial practice.

Explains the codes and laws dictating ethical responsibilities and legal duties of counsel.

Examines a prosecutor’s ethical responsibilities throughout the criminal justice process in both federal and state practice, and explores constitutional and ethical constraints on prosecutorial discretion.

Establishes systematic guidelines on prosecutorial behavior, citing thousands of precedential cases, and standards of legal and ethical conduct; anticipates possible abuses and available sanctions.

Analysis of prosecutorial abuses, from the initiation of a criminal investigation through the appeal and post-conviction stages for both federal and state jurisdictions; includes a collection of motions, briefs, and arguments from actual cases.