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E-165 – Criminal Procedure

3 Credits

Examination of the constitutional issues raised by pretrial law enforcement investigatory practices under the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The principle topics covered are search and seizure, confessions, self incriminations, identification procedures, the exclusionary rule, the right to counsel, and may include post-conviction processes.

Fall Sections

Section E-165
Instructor Room Days Times
Rapping 709 M 06:15pm - 09:30pm

Required Materials:

Taslitz, Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Foundation Press 4th Edition, ISBN: 978159947387

Recommended Materials:

Dressler, Understanding Criminal Procedure, LexisNexis Matthew Bender 5th Edition, ISBN: 9781422426784

Steiker, Criminal Procedure Stories, Foundation Press, ISBN: 9781587789830

 

First Assignments:

Part 1: Introduction to Criminal Procedure

Chemerinsky & Levenson, Chapter 1: Introduction to Criminal Procedure, pp. 1-27 (posted on TWEN) – all students must read Chapter 1 before the first class and be familiar with the concepts discussed therein.  Casebook, pp. 4-6. (B. 1-5).  Problem #1 (posted on TWEN).

Part 2: What is a Search? I: Basics, Location, and Assumption of Risk.  Casebook, pp. 96-120 (skip problems in book). Problems #2 & #3 (posted on TWEN) – prepare Problem #2 and read Problem #3 (we will work through #3 during the second class).