Criminal Law & Procedure

Catalog description

Criminal Law and Procedure. Three semester hours. This course presents the Texas Penal Code and Texas Rules of Criminal procedure. Topics include review of the criminal justice system, stages in criminal prosecution, investigation procedures, legal rights of the accused; documents preparation, ethical obligations of the paralegal working in criminal law practice, and the application of computer applications in criminal proceedings. Prerequisites: PLGL 222 and 223 with a minimum grade of C, or consent of the program coordinator.