Fall 2021 Course Schedule

Criminal Procedure I (LAW-508-005)
Kenneth Troccoli

Meets: 08:00 PM - 09:20 PM (MW) - Yuma - Room Y402

Enrolled: 61 / Limit: 65

Administrator Access


Notices

All classes will be in-person. The online platform for the class will be Canvas. Use your AU credentials to login to Canvas at canvas.american.edu.

Description

A study of the federal Constitutional limitations imposed upon law enforcement officers in criminal investigations, arrests and prosecutions. Particular focus will be on the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments as interpreted by the Supreme Court. Study will include the meaning of probable cause, the exclusionary rule, search and seizure, search/arrest warrants, exceptions to the warrant requirement, stop and frisk, invasions of the home and personal property, consent, interrogations, the Miranda warnings, due process limits on interrogation, and the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine. At its core, criminal procedure analyzes the power of the government to intrude upon the rights of the individual, and how that power has evolved over time and been applied against citizens of color, immigrants, and people in poor communities. Race and criminal justice are part of the national conversation, and thus this course has application to daily life and is important even for those who are not intending to practice criminal law.

Textbooks and Other Materials

The textbook information on this page was provided by the instructor. Students should use this information when considering purchases from the AU Campus Store or other vendors. Students may check to determine if books are currently available for purchase online.

Myron Moskovitz, Elizabeth I. Boals & J. Amy Dillard, Cases and Problems in Criminal Procedure: The Police (7th Ed.), Carolina Academic Press 2019.

First Class Readings

Pages xxix - xliii 1 - 39 D.C. v. Wesby (on class webpage)

Syllabus

Use your MyAU username and password to access the syllabus in the following format(s):