From the mandates in Brady that prosecutors turn over exculpatory evidence to potential conflicts of interest, this book covers all aspects of ethics in Texas for criminal practitioners (prosecutors and defense attorneys)—under the U.S. Constitution, the Texas Constitution, Texas statutes, Texas caselaw, and the State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct. Written by Assistant Criminal District Attorney Edward “Chip” Wilkinson of Tarrant County, this exhaustive volume is the only book of its kind. The 2006 volume not only updates the materials in Wilkinson’s 2001 book, Texas Prosecutorial Ethics, it also includes extensive material on defense attorneys’ ethical obligations. Other topics include a prosecutor’s constitutional duties (to reveal exculpatory evidence, to preserve potentially useful evidence, and to not knowingly use perjured testimony); the special responsibilities for Texas prosecutors under the State Bar Rules; trial publicity; conflicts of interest in the prosecutor office; and ethical responsibilities toward judges, jurors, witnesses, fellow prosecutors, and nonlawyer assistants.

Legal Ethics & Texas Criminal Law, softcover, 426 pages (2006), $40