LAW 5047: Criminal Procedure - 2214

Criminal Procedure
Class Term:
Spring Term 2020-2021
Catalog Number:
5047
Professor(s):
Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3 (3 Contact, 0 Field)
Priority:
Core Course - 2nd Year Priority
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
Standard Courses

Grading Details

The final grade will be based upon a final in-class examination.

Description

The subject matter is Supreme Court decisional law and policy issues relating to the application and scope of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Topics typically covered include: incorporation theory, right to counsel and related entitlements, the exclusionary rule, pretrial identification procedures, search and seizure law, and interrogation law. Students should gain both knowledge relating to constitutional law, which governs the permissible parameters of police conduct and defendants’ rights, and an informed sense of how the criminal justice system actually operates.

Criminal Procedure