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Criminal Procedure

Course Description

Problems of current significance in the administration of criminal justice are the subjects of this course. The topics covered include the rights of the suspect, the role of the police, and the meaning of “due process of law.” Attention is focused on Supreme Court decisions on the constitutional rights of criminal defendants throughout the criminal process.

P: Criminal Law

Current and Previous Instructors

Key to Codes in Course Descriptions

P: Prerequisite
C: Prerequisite or Concurrent Requirement
R: Recommended Prior or Concurrent Course

Currently Scheduled Sections

CRN: 60396

  • Summer '26
  • 3
  • Tues, Thurs: 6:00-9:00

  • Michele Hall

  • 32 openings. (Limit 40).

  • 515H

  • Nancy J. King, Orin S. Kerr, Eve Brensike Primus, Kamisar, LaFave, and Israel's Modern Criminal Procedure 16th , Wolters Kluwer , 2023

    ISBN: 9781636590776

CRN: 92472

  • Fall '26
  • 4
  • Tues: 12:00-2:00
    Thurs: 10:55-12:55

    Day

  • Chaz Arnett

  • 15 openings. (Limit 60).

  • 515d

  • Russell L. Weaver | John M. Burkoff | Catherine Hancock,, Criminal Procedure: Investigative, A Contemporary Approach 4th Edition , West Academic , 2024

    ISBN: 9781685614621

CRN: 93543

  • Fall '26
  • 3
  • Mon, Wed: 10:25-11:50

    Day

  • David Gray

  • 0 openings. (Limit 50).

  • 515d

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class

    Saltzburg, Capra, and Gray, American Criminal Procedure: Cases and Commentary 13th Edition (Investigative) (2026) , West Academic , Softcover (2026)

    ISBN: 9798895452905

    This softcover book contains chapters relevant to Criminal Procedure I (Police Investigations). If you want the full book, which includes chapters relevant to both Criminal Procedure I and Criminal Procedure II, then buy the hardcover edition. Do not buy both.

    Recommended/Optional: Saltzburg, Capra, and Gray, American Criminal Procedure: Cases and Commentary 13th Edition (2026) , West Academic , Hardcover (2026)

    ISBN: 9798895452899/ CasebookPlus ISBN: 9798317701222

    This hardcover edition includes chapters relevant to both Criminal Procedure I (Investigations) and Criminal Procedure II (Adjudication). Choose either the softcover or this book. Do not buy both.

    Recommended/Optional: David Simon, Homicide: Life on the Streets , Picador , Softcover

    ISBN: 0805080759

    Recommended/Optional: Peter Moskos, Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District , Princeton University Press , Softcover

    ISBN: 0691143862

    Recommended/Optional: Glicksman, et al., Stay Ahead of the Pack: Your Comprehensive Guide to the Upper Level Curriculum , West Academic , Paperback, 2nd Edition 2024

    ISBN: 979-8887863832

CRN: 92605

  • Fall '26
  • 3
  • Mon: 6:30-9:35

    Evening

  • Brian Levy

  • 26 openings. (Limit 50).

  • 515h

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class

    Nancy J. King | Orin S. Kerr | Eve Brensike Primus, Kamisar, LaFave, and Israel's Modern Criminal Procedure 16th Edition , West Academic Publishing , 06/28/2023

    ISBN: 9781636590776

    Print or digital version acceptable, however syllabus will reference page numbers in print addition. Final Exam will be open book, but no internet access (so if going with digital book, ensure you can download it).

CRN: 22383

  • Spring '27
  • 3
  • Tues: 8:45-10:15
    Thurs: 8:45-10:15

    Day

  • Benjamin Charlton

  • Enrollment Limit: 40