North Carolina Defender Manual: Volume Two, Trial (Indigent Defense Manual Series)

View this manual, a reference the School's Indigent Defense Manual series, free of charge at defendermanuals.sog.unc.edu.

Volume Two of the North Carolina Defender Manual is a resource for public defenders and appointed counsel who represent poor people accused of crimes. The book focuses primarily on criminal procedure at the trial stage. Fifteen chapters cover a variety of topics, such as:personal rights of the defendant, selection of the jury, opening and closing arguments, witness examination, and appeals, post-conviction litigation, and writs.

Volume One, Pretrial, which focuses primarily on criminal procedure at the pretrial stage, is also available (https://www.sog.unc.edu/publications/books/north-carolina-defender-manual-volume-one-pretrial-second-edition).