A Layman’s Guide to

CRIMINALDEFENSEKnow your legal rights from first contact

with law enforcement through appeal

Federico & Maryde la Peña

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A Layman’s Guide to Criminal DefenseIt starts with a knock on your door and the police want to speak with you; or red lights appear in your rearview mirror; or they show up at your daughter’s apartment, search warrant in hand; or your son calls from jail and has been arrested. Holy Cow! What to do, what to do?

• Should I speak with the police without a lawyer?• Do the police have the right to search my car after giving me a

ticket?• What if the police don’t read me my rights?• How do I get bail for my son?• What’s going to happen in court?• Is a trial just like it is on TV?• Will I go to prison?• Can’t I just appeal?• Do I really need a lawyer?

Designed for anyone who has ever been arrested, or stopped by the police and wondered what’s going to happen next, A Layman’s Guide to Criminal Defense answers these questions in straightforward, non-lawyer speak.

WrittenbythehighlyrespectedSouth-ern California criminal defense hus-band and wife team of Federico and Mary de la Peña, this book gives an overview of the criminal justice system from beginning to end. It is the per-fect primer for beginning lawyers, po-liceofficers,securityofficers,students,and anyone interested in what the law really is and how it applies in real-life settings.

$20.00 US

Terra Fina Publishing Fontana, CA

A Laym

an’s Guide to Criminal D

efense

Federico & M

ary de la Peña