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Criminal Process
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Type

LEC

Credits Desc.

3 cr.

Credits Def. Value

3 cr.

Prerequisites

(none listed)

Senior Writing?

No

Student Year

2L/3L

When Offered

(not listed)

Description:

Criminal Process examines a variety of procedures governing the prosecution of crime. It covers, in essence, criminal procedure from the time that the police have handed a case over to the lawyers.

Major topics include: prosecutorial charging discretion, judicial screening, the grand jury, discovery, speedy trial, double jeopardy, plea bargaining, jury selection, jury deliberations, sentencing, appeals, and habeas. This class is sometimes known as "Criminal Procedure II" because it picks up chronologically where Criminal Procedure ends. Criminal Procedure, however, it not a prerequisite.

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Sections

Spring 2013: Criminal Process

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  • Professor Stephen J. Cribari

Type

LEC

Credits

3

Prerequisites

(none listed)

Senior Writing?

(not listed)

Student Year

2L/3L

Details:

(see course description, above)

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