"A Comparative Description of the New York and California Criminal Just" by Floyd F. Feeney and James R. Woods

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A Comparative Description of the New York and California Criminal Justice Systems: Arrest Through Arraignment

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The purpose of this article is to outline by comparative description the arrest and related court processes for handling criminal defendants in New York City and Oakland, California. Hopefully the description will shed light on problem areas shared by both systems and will suggest ways of alleviating these problems. This article discusses the period from arrest through the first judicial appearance in each system. A later study, not yet completed, will detail the sequence between the first judicial appearance and the beginning of trial. For the purposes of convenience and because the term is widely used both in California and in New York, the defendant's first appearance in court will be referred to as the "arraignment."

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Floyd F. Feeney and James R. Woods, A Comparative Description of the New York and California Criminal Justice Systems: Arrest Through Arraignment, 26 Vanderbilt Law Review 973 (1973)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vlr/vol26/iss5/3

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