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Constitutional Criminal Procedure

This course examines the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. Substantive areas covered will likely include: (1) interrogations and confessions; (2) eye-witness identification procedures; (3) arrest, search and seizure; (4) eavesdropping and wiretapping; (5) entrapment; (6) the right to counsel; and (7) the exclusionary rule. Schedule permitting, we will also examine some of the strains placed on the criminal justice system by various aspects of the war on terror. Evaluation: Students need not attend class, but intelligent participation is expected of those who do. Students may elect between a final examination and a paper of 25-30 pages. Teaching Method: Lecture and discussion Spring 2010 Text: Kamisar, LaFave, Israel, King & Kerr Prerequisites: Criminal Law


Catalog Number: CRIM 610
Practice Areas: Constitutional Law & Procedure ,  Criminal Law Practice Area ,  Procedure Practice Area
Additional Course Information: Open to First Year Students


Course History

Spring 2013
Title: Constitutional Criminal Procedure
Faculty: Allen, Ronald J. (courses  |  homepage)
Section: 1     Credits: 3.0
Capacity: 65     Actual: 0



Fall 2012
Title: Constitutional Criminal Procedure
Faculty: Jacobi, Tonja (courses  |  homepage)
Section: 1     Credits: 3.0
Capacity: 65     Actual: 40



Spring 2012
Title: Constitutional Crim Procedure
Faculty: Jacobi, Tonja (courses  |  homepage)
Section: 1     Type: Lecture     Credits: 3.0
Capacity: 65     Actual: 0



Fall 2011
Title: Constitutional Crim Procedure
Faculty: Allen, Ronald J. (courses  |  homepage)
Section: 1     Type: Lecture     Credits: 3.0
Capacity: 65     Actual: 58



Spring 2011
Title: Constitutional Criminal Procedure
Faculty: Jacobi, Tonja (courses  |  homepage)
Margulies, Joseph (courses  |  homepage)
Section: 1     Type: Lecture     Credits: 3.0
Capacity: 65     Actual: 46



Fall 2010
Title: Constitutional Criminal Procedure
Faculty: Alschuler, Albert W.
Section: 1     Type: Lecture     Credits: 3.0
Capacity: 65     Actual: 51



Spring 2010
Title: Constitutional Crim Procedure
Faculty: Alschuler, Albert W.
Section: 1     Type: Lecture     Credits: 3.0
Capacity: 65     Actual: 38



Fall 2009
Title: Constitutional Crim Procedure
Faculty: Margulies, Joseph (courses  |  homepage)
Section: 1     Type: Lecture     Credits: 3.0
Capacity: 65     Actual: 63