This course will be taught entirely online via Zoom.
This course explores constitutional limitations upon the investigation of crime. Its focus is on the law governing searches, seizures, and police interrogation. Topics include the nature of a fourth amendment search; arrest and investigative detention; warrants and exceptions to the warrant requirement; confessions; and the application of the exclusionary rule. Grades will be based upon a three-hour final examination.
Textbooks ( * denotes required )
Criminal Procedure: Constitutional Constraints Upon Investigation and Proof
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Strong, Graham B. 