Constitutionally mandated judicial processes for determining the guilt or innocence of those accused of crime and selecting an appropriate penalty; topics may include bail and pretrial detention, the prosecutor's charging decision, pretrial publicity, the defendant's competency to stand trial, jury selection, trial by jury, the defendant's right of confrontation and compulsory process, the right to effective assistance of counsel, sentencing, direct attacks on criminal convictions, and double jeopardy. Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.
Constitutionally mandated judicial processes for determining the guilt or innocence of those accused of crime and selecting an appropriate penalty; topics may include bail and pretrial detention, the prosecutor's charging decision, pretrial publicity, the defendant's competency to stand trial, jury selection, trial by jury, the defendant's right of confrontation and compulsory process, the right to effective assistance of counsel, sentencing, direct attacks on criminal convictions, and double jeopardy. Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.
