LSTD400 - Criminal Legal Process

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
Registration04/29/2024 - 10/04/2024 Course Dates10/07/2024 - 12/01/2024 Start Month October SessionFall 2024 Session B Weeks8 Week session
Registration05/27/2024 - 11/01/2024 Course Dates11/04/2024 - 12/29/2024 Start Month November SessionFall 2024 Session I Weeks8 Week session
Registration06/24/2024 - 11/29/2024 Course Dates12/02/2024 - 01/26/2025 Start Month December SessionFall 2024 Session D Weeks8 Week session
Registration07/29/2024 - 01/03/2025 Course Dates01/06/2025 - 03/02/2025 Start Month January SessionWinter 2025 Session B Weeks8 Week session
Registration08/26/2024 - 01/31/2025 Course Dates02/03/2025 - 03/30/2025 Start Month February SessionWinter 2025 Session I Weeks8 Week session
Registration09/30/2024 - 02/28/2025 Course Dates03/03/2025 - 04/27/2025 Start Month March SessionWinter 2025 Session D Weeks8 Week session

Previous Syllabi

Not current for future courses.