Criminal Procedure I (all 2nd-year students) (LAW-508-001)
Davis
Notices
Required 2nd-year JD
Description
Pretrial criminal procedure and constitutional limitations on the use of power under the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Topics include arrest; search and seizure; police interrogation, confessions, lineups, and other pretrial identification procedures; use of informants; scope and administration of exclusionary rules; and the rights of indigent defendants to counsel, transcript, and other aids.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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First Class Readings
The course syllabus is available at my.wcl.american.edu. For the first class, please review the Criminal Procedure Overview document (also available at my.wcl.american.edu) and read pp. 1 - 10 and 18-21 of the textbook. Let me know if you have trouble accessing any of the documents. See you on Tuesday! Prof. Davis