Criminal Procedure (JD Course)
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Syllabus
- Investigation / Fourth AmendmentTopic
Reasonable expectation of privacy (Katz test) · Warrant requirement: probable cause, particularity · Warrant exceptions: plain view, exigent circumstances, consent, search incident to arrest, automobile, inventory, special needs
- Fifth Amendment – Self-Incrimination & MirandaTopic
Miranda v. Arizona: custody, interrogation, warnings, waiver · Miranda exceptions: public-safety, routine booking · Invocation and reinitiation of Miranda rights
- Sixth Amendment – Right to CounselTopic
Attachment: formal charge, preliminary hearing, indictment, arraignment · Deliberate elicitation (Massiah doctrine) · Ineffective assistance: Strickland two-prong (deficiency + prejudice)
- Charging, Grand Jury & PretrialTopic
Prosecutorial discretion and charging decisions · Grand jury: secrecy, Fifth Amendment right, federal vs. state applicability · Preliminary hearings and probable cause determinations
- Plea Bargaining & Guilty PleasTopic
Validity of guilty pleas: voluntariness, knowing, intelligent (Brady v. United States) · Plea bargaining: prosecutor offers, judicial involvement, breach · Effective assistance during plea negotiations (Lafler, Frye)
- Trial RightsTopic
Right to jury trial: serious offence threshold, jury size, unanimity · Confrontation Clause (Crawford v. Washington, testimonial hearsay) · Brady disclosure obligations (exculpatory evidence)
- SentencingTopic
Apprendi/Blakely: jury-found facts for sentence enhancement · Eighth Amendment: proportionality, death penalty procedures
- Post-Conviction RemediesTopic
Direct appeal and harmless error · Federal habeas corpus (§ 2254, AEDPA deference)
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What is the two-part test for a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment?
387 U.S. 916 - Katz v. United States
What Fourth Amendment violation occurred in Katz v. United States?
387 U.S. 916 - Katz v. United States
What are the two essential elements of a valid search warrant?
387 U.S. 916
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