Criminal Justice Administration

Catalog description

The course examines the justice system's processing of formal criminal cases from the point at which a defendant is formally charged and going forward. The course reviews the processing and adjudication of criminal cases. Topics include the defendant's rights under the Sixth Amendment (e.g. jury trial, speedy trial, confrontation clause, and compulsory process rights); Eighth Amendment issues (e.g. bail and cruel and unusual punishment); criminal discovery (e.g. the prosecutor's Brady obligation to provide exculpatory evidence to defendants); expert witnesses; pretrial and trial publicity; plea bargaining; sentencing (e.g. use of discretionary guidelines and minimum mandatory systems); and appeals. This will be both an advanced criminal procedure course (similar to "bail to jail" courses at other law schools) and an advanced criminal law course. Credit Hour : 1-3 Recommended: successful completion both LAW 5035 Criminal Law and LAW 5240 Criminal Procedure before taking this course