Criminal Procedure: Adjudication

2 units

This course covers the adjudication or bail to jail component of criminal procedure. This course examines how the judicial system handles criminal cases once formal charges are brought. The course considers the pre-trial, trial, and post-trial phases of the criminal justice process. Topics may include bail, grand juries and preliminary hearings, discovery, plea bargaining, the right to a jury trial, and sentencing. Students may take both Criminal Adjudication and Criminal Investigation. Grades will be based on a final examination and may take class participation and attendance into consideration. 3 units.