Nov 11, 2024  
2024-2025 Shepherd University Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Shepherd University Catalog
Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)

CRIM 410 - Prosecution and Defense

(3 cr) Behavioral and legal analysis of the stages and procedures of a criminal case including initial appearance, bail, preliminary hearing, grand jury, arraignment, suppression hearings, trial, and sentencing. Emphasis is on bail reform, plea bargaining, screening, diversion, speedy trial, insanity defense, discovery, and the role of the defense attorney, prosecutor, and judge. Included is an examination of the court system as a social institution of human actors who exercise extensive discretion within the boundaries of the law.



Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)