Dec 05, 2024  
2020-2021 Academic Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CJ 305 - Criminal Evidence and Procedure


This course is designed to introduce students to issues and processes associated with safeguarding personal liberties of criminal suspects during the investigatory and arrest stages of criminal procedure, including procedure for search and seizure, arrest, application of force, interrogation and confession, pretrial identification, and the exclusionary rule. Also, the course will focus on evidence concepts including, but not limited to, witness competency and impeachment, hearsay, admissions and confessions, circumstantial evidence, documentary and physical evidence, and the implications of the exclusionary rule in law and the courts.


Prerequisite(s): CJ 101 , CJ 104 , CJ 202 , and Junior standing
Credits: 3 hours (Every other Spring)



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