I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Criminal Procedures

2. Course Prefix & Number:
CRJU 2102

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 4

Lecture Hours: 4

4. Course Description:

This course covers the study of constitutional law and criminal procedures utilizing the opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Minnesota Rules for Criminal procedures. Emphasis is placed on the constitutional guidelines for law enforcement, rules of arrest, search and seizure, and the Minnesota Rule of Procedures.

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

7. Other Prerequisites

9. Co-requisite Courses:

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1.     Individual Rights Under the United States Constitution

• Criminal Procedure as the Balancing Between Due Process and Crime Control
• A Brief History of the U.S. Constitution
• Individual Rights in the Original Constitution
• Individual Rights in the Bill of Rights
• Later Amendments Dealing with Individual Rights and Liberties

2.    Criminal Courts, Pretrial Processes, and Trials

• A Structure of the U.S. Court System
• Preliminary Pretrial Criminal Proceedings
• Trial

3.   Basic Underlying Concepts: The Exclusionary Rule Privacy, Probable Cause, and Resonableness

• The Exclusionary Rule
• Privacy
• Probable Cause
• Reasonableness

4.   Criminal Investigatory Search Warrants

• Applying for a Search Warrant
• Constitutionally Defective Warrants
• Executing Search Warrants

5.    Administrative Searches, Special Needs Searches, and Electronic Surveillance

• Administrative Search Warrants
• Special Need Searches
• Electronic Surveillance Warrants

6.   Arrest

• Types of Arrest
• Authority to Arrest
• Making an Arrest
• After Making an Arrest
• Effect of an Illegal Arrest

7.  Stops and Frisks

• The Foundations for Stops and Frisks
• Stops
• Frisks
• Specific Circumstances Justifying Stops and Frisks

8. Searches Incident to Arrest and Protective Sweeps

• Searches of People and Areas Incident to Arrest
• Permissable Scope of a Search Incident to a Lawful Arrest
• State Departures from the Rule Allowing a “Full Search” Incident to Lawful Custodial Arrest
• Searches of the Arrestee’s Companions

9.   Consent  Searches

• Voluntariness of Consent
• Scope of Consent
• Who May Give Consent

10.     The Plain View Doctrine

• Requirements of the Plain View Doctrine
• Mechanical or Electrical Aids to Determine Probable Cause for Plain View Searches and Seizures
• The Discovery of the Item of Evidence by an Officer Need Not Be Inadvertent

Extension of Plain View to Other Senses

11.    Search and Seizure of Vehicles and Containers

• The Carrol Doctrine
• Impoundment and Inventory Searches
• Standing for Objecting to Vehicle Searches
• Other Issues Related to Vehicle Searches

12.  Open Fields and Abandoned Property

• Open Fields
• Abandoned Property

13.  Interrogations, Admissions, and Confessions

• The Due Process Voluntariness Approach
• The Fifth Amendment Self-Incrimination Approach: Applying Miranda
• Interrogation and the Sixth Amendment

14.  Pretrial Visual Identification Procedures

• Mistaken Identifications: The Role of Perception and Memory
• Sixth Amendment Requirements for Pretrial Identifications
• Due Process and Pretrial Identifications
• Exigent Circumstance Exception

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions