Criminal Adjudication

Catalog description

Max Credit: (Max. 3) A study of the post-investigative phase of the criminal process: from charging decisions through sentencing and appeals. Topics covered include: the decision to prosecute; bail and pretrial release; grand jury and preliminary hearing practice; jury-related issues, such as pretrial publicity, Batson, and deliberative secrecy; criminal discovery; the role and responsibilities of defense counsel and of the prosecutor; defendants’ rights to presence, confrontation, and to present a defense case; verdicts; sentencing and appeals.