Criminal Law and Procedure

A thorough examination of the constitutional foundation of criminal law and criminal procedure is made. The general principles of criminality and culpability, individual crimes; their elements and related issues are fully discussed. Procedure topics explored include defenses to criminal accusations, parties to crimes, state and federal constitutional influences, the parties to the criminal justice system, the pretrial process, trial, sentencing, appeal and collateral relief, and the procedure of search and seizures.