Criminal Procedure: Adjudication

This course studies the constitutional and non-constitutional rules governing the criminal court process. Sample topics include: initiating prosecution, pre-trial release, grand juries and preliminary hearings, joinder and severance of charges and defendants, double jeopardy, right to counsel, competency to stand trial and right to self-representation, discovery and disclosure of information to other parties, plea-bargaining and guilty pleas, jury trial and trial rights, confrontation, privilege against self-incrimination, sentencing, direct appeals, and collateral review.

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Students are recommended to also take Criminal Procedure: Investigations to learn how the constitutional law constrains police investigation.