Setting the scene
The role of the criminal procedure rules
Preliminaries to court appearance
Prosecutors
The decision to prosecute
Magistrates and their courts
Bail and remands
Mode of trial
Disclosure
Course of a summary trial
Trial of juveniles
Committal for sentence
Sending cases to the Crown Court
The Crown Court
The indictment
Pre-trial proceedings
Pleas
The jury
Judge-only trials
The course of the trial
The verdict
Procedure before sentencing
Determining the sentence
Custodial sentences
Sentences other than custody
Appeals from the crown court
Appeals from the magistrates' courts
The European dimension
Ancillary financial matters
Your practice.
A practical approach to criminal procedure by John Sprack. ISBN 0199298300. Published by Oxford University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.