Advanced Criminal Procedure. 2 credits

Catalog description

The course is broken into eight categories: (1) The impact of new technologies and novel investigative techniques on Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendment case law; (2) Due Process and pandemics; (3) Criminal discovery and Brady issues in the age of terabytes; (4) The opioid crisis and its effect on charging and sentencing decisions; (5) The most difficult and challenging ethical issues confronting prosecutors and public defenders; (6) The past decade of Supreme Court criminal procedure jurisprudence; (7) Recent trends in the administration of criminal justice; and (8) Litigation of Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendment suppression motions. The course will be taught through a combination of lectures, assigned readings, and class discussions. Each student will also be responsible for preparing and submitting a Defendant’s Motion to Suppress and a Government’s Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Suppress, as well as a final paper on an approved criminal procedure topic.Offered by Law. May not be repeated for credit.