Criminal Procedure: Investigation

Catalog description

The law school offers two survey courses dealing with constitutional criminal procedure. This course, "Criminal Procedure: Investigation," covers government investigation in the form of searches and seizures, interrogations, lineups, and undercover operations. Much of the relevant law has been constitutionalized, so the primary focus of the course is on the Fourth and Fifth (and, to a limited extent, the Sixth) Amendments. This section of the class focuses on police practices and the underlying policy issues relating to the regulation of the police. Elements used in grading: Final exam (closed-book) and class participation (the specific elements of which will be delineated in detail in the course syllabus). (Note: Students may take both Criminal Procedure: Investigation and Criminal Procedure: Adjudication. The "Adjudication" course covers the formal pretrial and trial processes, including the right of counsel, prosecutorial charging criteria, grand juries, bail, speedy trial, discovery, plea bargaining, trial by jury, and double jeopardy.)