LAW 6381 Sentencing Law

2 or 3 Hours

This course addresses state and federal criminal sentencing. Potential topics include, among others, capital sentencing procedures and substantive constitutional limitations on the application of the death penalty, federal and state sentencing guidelines, the use of diversion and other alternative forms of sentencing, Sixth Amendment right to counsel requirements as applied to sentencing procedures, the role of the trial court and juries in sentencing, the intersection between plea bargaining and sentencing, and standards of appellate review for sentencing determinations.