LAW 6380 Practicum: Criminal Procedure

2 or 3 Hours

This course focuses on post-arrest aspects of the criminal justice system that are not covered in Criminal ConstiutinaI Law. Topics may include prosecutorial charging decisions, indictments, preliminary hearings, joinder and severance, bail and pretrial release, discovery, plea bargaining and guilty pleas, speedy trial, jury composition and selection, confrontation, jury instructions, sentencing, double jeopardy, direct appeals, post-conviction petitions, and petitions for writs of habeas corpus.