Defend Yourself Against Criminal Charges

Publisher of America's #1 Small Business Series is now helping empower the average citizen in their personal and professional lives. The Legal Power series aims to give you the tools you need to make proactive business and personal decisions, protect your assets, prevent painful contractual mistakes and defend yourself in an increasingly litigious society. Thorough, to-the-point and low-cost, these books make understanding your rights simple by explaining lawyer-babble in clear, plain English.Legal Power books are: -- Specific in scope, offering indepth information on single topics rather than trying to be everything to everybody-- Practical for real-world use, containing forms, examples and case studies-- User-friendly in tone and design-- Simple, but not simplistic-- Inexpensively priced for the information-hungry consumerHow do you defend yourself if you are accused of a crime? Do you know your rights? Even innocent people can be subject to police searches and criminal arrest. To protect your welfare and uphold your rights, this book will teach you the inner workings of the criminal justice system and show you how to successfully work within it. Learn all about: -- Searches and seizures-- Arrests & types of crimes-- Questioning by police-- Legal procedures and jury selection-- Negotiating plea agreements-- Scientific evidence