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 Const
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Tomkovicz, James J., White, Welsh S., Tomkovicz, James, and White, Welsh
Strong, Graham B.