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231 sec. 001 - Criminal Procedure - Investigations (Spring 2024)
Instructor: Orin S Kerr (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 4
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
MTuW 2:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Location: Law 110
From January 08, 2024
To April 23, 2024
Course End: April 23, 2024
Class Number: 32225
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 105
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 109
As of: 04/27 09:16 AM
This course covers the law of criminal investigations, based primarily on the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Topics include the constitutional rules for searching homes, cars, and people; the law of arrests; stop and frisk; surveillance law and computer searches; the scope of the exclusionary rule; the law of police interrogations, including the framework provided by Miranda v. Arizona; the role of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel; entrapment law; and the law of eyewitness identification.
Students will be expected to participate in discussions throughout the semester.
The final will be an open-book in-class exam.
Exam Notes: (F) In-class final exam
Exam Length: 3 hours
Course Category: Criminal Law
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Books:
Required Books are in blue
- Kamisar, Lafave, and Israel's Criminal Procedure: Investigation
Nancy King, Orin Kerr, Eve Primus
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9798887862224
e-Book Available: unknown
Price: To Be Determined