SPECIAL TOPICS IN AMERICAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Syllabus 2002

Dr. Christina J. Johns
416 Perry Paige Building
christinajjohns@earthlink.net
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• 1/8
  • Introduction to Class
  • Grading
  • Conduct
• 1/10
  • Chapter 1
    • Overview of Criminal Procedure: A Question of Balance
• 1/15
  • Chapter 1
• 1/17
  • Chapter 2
    • The Constitution and Criminal Procedure
• 1/22
  • Chapter 2
• 1/24
  • Test 1
• 1/29
  • Chapter 3
    • Searches, Seizures and the Fourth Amendment
• 1/31
  • Chapter 3
• 2/5
  • Test 2
• 2/7
  • Chapter 4
    • Stop and Frisk
• 2/12
  • Chapter 4
• 2/14
  • Test 3
• 2/19
  • Chapter 5
    • Seizures of Persons: Arrests
• 2/21
  • Chapter 6
    • Searches for Evidence
• 2/26
  • Chapter 6
• 2/28
  • Test 4
• 3/5
  • Chapter 7
    • Special Needs Searches
• 3/7
  • Chapter 8
    • Interrogation and Confessions
• 3/11 - 3/15 Spring Break
• 3/19
  • Chapter 9
    • Identification Procedures
• 3/21
  • Test 5
• 3/26
  • Chapter 10
    • Remedies for Constitutional Violations
• 3/28
  • Chapter11
    • Initiating Formal Proceedings
• 4/2
  • Test 6
• 4/4
  • Chapter 12
    • Trial and Conviction Chapter
• 4/9
  • Chapter 13
    • After Conviction
• 4/11
  • Test 7
• 4/16
  • Special Topics
• 4/18
  • Test 8
    • Last Class