12/27/2024 12:04:18 AM	AJ 55 Course Outline as of Fall 2018	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  AJ 55	Title:  CRIMINAL COURT PROC
Full Title:  Criminal Procedures
Last Reviewed:9/25/2017

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:

This course is an examination of the development, philosophy, and stages of criminal court proceedings. Emphasis is placed on the court process, particularly the application and interpretation of procedural law, case law, and constitutional law pertaining to the first contact with the system through the appellate process.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course is an examination of the development, philosophy, and stages of criminal court proceedings. Emphasis is placed on the court process, particularly the application and interpretation of procedural law, case law, and constitutional law pertaining to the first contact with the system through the appellate process.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:
CID Descriptor: AJ 122	Criminal Court Process	SRJC Equivalent Course(s): AJ55

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Describe the origin and foundational principles, including due process and the rule of law, for

    the U.S. Constitutional Amendments that apply to criminal court proceedings.

2.  Analyze and apply the appropriate U.S. Constitutional Amendments to the court process from

    first government contact to the appellate process.

3.  Identify and describe the court procedures and the role of involved parties from arraignment to

    appeal.

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Describe the origin of criminal court proceedings.

2. Describe due process and the rule of law.

3. Identify and describe the U.S. Constitutional Amendments applicable to the criminal court

    process.

4. Identify the legal remedies and procedures for violations of the U.S. Constitutional

    protections.

5. Analyze and apply case law and U.S. Constitutional law to government contacts, searches,

    arrests, interrogations, witness and suspect identification, and use of force.

6. Analyze what constitutes unreasonable search and seizure as applicable to the 4th

    Amendment.

7. Describe the court proceedings from arraignment to sentencing, including motions, bail, and

    right to counsel.

8. Describe the application of the Miranda decision to government procedures pertaining to the

    5th and 6th Amendment protections.

9. Describe the application of the right to jury trial per the 6th Amendment.

Topics and Scope

I. Sources of Criminal Procedures

    A. Common law

    B. Rule of law

    C. Due process

    D. Case law

    E. 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution

    F. Federalism

II. Remedies for U.S. Constitutional Violations

    A. Civil

    B. Criminal

III. The Exclusionary Rule

    A. Standards of justification

    B. Searches with a warrant

    C. Arrests with a warrant

    D. Searches without a warrant

    E. Arrests without a warrant

    F. Administrative searches

IV. Identification Procedures

    A. Witnesses

    B. Suspects

V. Interview and Interrogation Procedures

    A. Witnesses

    B. Suspects

VI. Custody Procedures

    A. Constitutional rights

    B. Advisements

    C. Booking procedures

    D. Custodial searches

    E. Phone calls and communications

    F. Classification of prisoners

VII. Court Procedures

    A. Arraignment

    B. Motions

    C. Preliminary hearing

    D. Pre-trial releases

    E. Jury selection and role

    F. Order of courtroom process

    G. Sentencing

    H. Rights at trial

VIII. Appellate Process

Assignments:

1. Weekly reading (15 - 30 pages)

2. Written essays or case studies (2 - 6)

3. Written analyses of case law (1 - 3)

4. Exams (2 - 8)

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 40 - 60%
Essays (1-2) or case studies (2-6), case law analyses (1-3)
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 40 - 60%
Multiple choice, true/false, matching items, completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

1. Criminal Procedure. 3rd ed. Lippman, Matthew. Sage.  2017

2. Criminal Procedure. 2nd ed. Worrall, John L.  Pearson. 2016

3. Criminal Procedure. 10th ed. Samaha, Joel. Cengage. 2018

4. Instructor prepared materials

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