Courses Taught
The principles of Criminal Law are traced from common law to their modern application. Content includes: criminalization, definition and classification, offenses against the person, offenses against the habitation, offenses against property, imputability, responsibility, and special defenses.
Emphasis is placed upon the application of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution to state criminal proceedings as developed through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Also covered are the exclusionary rules, arrest, search, and seizure, identification of suspects, bail, the right to counsel and the right to a jury trial.
An examination of the United States Constitution with an emphasis on the role of the Supreme Court, the powers of Congress, the distribution of national powers, economic rights, and state action.
Continues the examination of the Constitution of the United States of America. Emphasis is placed on equality and the Constitution, implied fundamental rights, freedom of expression and freedom of religion.
This course covers the common law, federal rules of evidence, and California law as it relates to the admission and the exclusion of evidence and its reliability on the basis of logic and policy. Special attention is paid to relevancy, real proof, testimonial proof, and hearsay.
This course examines the structure and function of criminal law and criminal procedure. Focus is placed on crimes against the person and property including homicide, battery, assault, theft crimes, inchoate crimes and their ensuing defenses. The procedural portion of the course surveys the criminal justice system with emphasis on the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution including topics such as searches, seizures, interrogation, line-ups, and double jeopardy.
This course examines the United States Constitution with an emphasis on the role of the Supreme Court, the powers of Congress, the distribution of national powers, equal protection, implied fundamental rights, freedom of expression, religion, economic liberties, the contracts and taking clauses, and the problem of private power.
This course examines the structure and function of criminal law and criminal procedure. Focus is placed on crimes against the person and property including homicide, battery, assault, theft crimes, inchoate crimes and their ensuing defenses. The procedural portion of the course surveys the criminal justice system with emphasis on the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution including topics such as searches, seizures, interrogation, line-ups, and double jeopardy.