Course Details
Course Code: LSTD400 Course ID: 2537 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Undergraduate
This is a procedural law course which includes an overview of the law of arrests, search, and seizure, the making of bail, adjudication, pre- and post-trial activities and the nature of plea bargaining. Substantial emphasis is given the constitutional protections afforded through the Bill of Rights. This course examines procedures used by American police, prosecutors, and courts to bring criminal cases to trial and explores some of the defendant’s rights at trial and on appeal. The course will consider the Common Law, constitutional, and statutory bases of procedural practices in American criminal law. The student will be exposed to a comprehensive overview of the processes involved in the use of criminal evidence including rules of evidence; arrests, searches, and seizures; interrogations, confessions, and non-testimonial evidence, impeachment and cross-examination of witnesses; opinion evidence; hearsay evidence; and articles and exhibits of evidence.
Course Schedule
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Start Month | Session | Weeks |
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Registration09/30/2024 - 02/28/2025 | Course Dates03/03/2025 - 04/27/2025 | Start Month March | SessionWinter 2025 Session D | Weeks8 Week session |
Registration10/28/2024 - 04/04/2025 | Course Dates04/07/2025 - 06/01/2025 | Start Month April | SessionSpring 2025 Session B | Weeks8 Week session |
Registration11/28/2024 - 05/02/2025 | Course Dates05/05/2025 - 06/29/2025 | Start Month May | SessionSpring 2025 Session I | Weeks8 Week session |
Registration12/30/2024 - 05/30/2025 | Course Dates06/02/2025 - 07/27/2025 | Start Month June | SessionSpring 2025 Session D | Weeks8 Week session |
Registration01/27/2025 - 07/04/2025 | Course Dates07/07/2025 - 08/31/2025 | Start Month July | SessionSummer 2025 Session B | Weeks8 Week session |
Registration02/24/2025 - 08/01/2025 | Course Dates08/04/2025 - 09/28/2025 | Start Month August | SessionSummer 2025 Session I | Weeks8 Week session |