Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 384
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Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-5381-3847-2 • Paperback • March 2020 • $80.00 • (£62.00)
C.J. Williams is a United States District Court Judge., appointed under Article III of the United States Constitution. As a District Court Judge, he has the responsibility of presiding over civil and criminal cases filed in the district. Before being appointed to this position in 2018, he served as United States Magistrate Judge from 2016-2018, where he presided over all pretrial matters in criminal cases (e.g., initial appearance, arraignment, detention, probable cause, suppression, competency, guilty plea, jury selection). In civil cases, he presided over all non-dispositive motions, settlement conferences, and jury selection. He has also served as an Assistant United States Attorney from 1997-2016, handling complex criminal and civil cases, trying more than 50 felony cases. From 2008 to 2016, he served as the Senior Litigation Counsel, responsible for training, handling or supervising all complex litigation, and advising trial attorneys. From 2010 to 2011, he served on a detail in Washington, DC, with the Capital Case Section, working on death penalty cases. Judge Williams has served as an instructor for the Department of Justice at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina, and has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of South Dakota Law School, and the University of Iowa College of Law. He has published more than a dozen law review articles, authored a textbook entitled Advanced Evidence: Applying the Rules of Evidence in Pretrial and Trial Advocacy (2018) and co-authored another textbook entitled Federal Criminal Practice (2016).
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Thinking Like a Prosecutor
2 Working with Law Enforcement Officers
3 Working with Prosecution Team Members
4 Working with Defense Attorneys
5 Relationship with the Court
6 Managing a Caseload and Other Duties
7 Strategies for Prosecuting Criminals
8 Working with Cooperators
9 Developing Evidence
10 Working with Grand Juries
11 Charging Strategies and Tactics
12 Discovery
13 Handling Pretrial Motions
14 Plea Negotiations and Plea Hearings
15 Preparing for the Case-in-Chief
16 Preparing for the Defense Case
17 Expert Witnesses
18 Working with Crime Victims
19 Preparing for Jury Selection
20 Preparing Openings and Closings
21 Handling Sentencing Hearings
22 Appeals
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Cases
Index
About the Author
The shelves overflow with books about winning the contest in the courtroom with clever cross and eloquent argument. But here now is the volume that reveals the true secret of success in court, specifically in federal prosecutions, and with lessons for all litigators. Judge C.J. Williams describes the preparation of every part of a prosecution case, and always with the focus on providing what others need--whether they are victim-witnesses, investigative agents, jurors, or judges--in order to deliver what is necessary to achieve great results in the courtroom. At the international level, I always pushed for the hiring of more former US federal prosecutors because of their experience in running cases from the crime scenes to the courts of appeal. In For the Prosecution C.J Williams tells us how it is done, and done well.
— Stephen J. Rapp, former US Attorney for N. Iowa (1993-2001)