Legal Research Guides by Course - Criminal Process
Course Description
The course will cover three distinct phases of the criminal process. The Investigation Process phase will provide intensive consideration of Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment issues and draw distinctions and parallels between federal and Pennsylvania treatment of those areas. The Charging Process segment will consider issues of prosecutorial discretion and the law regarding the conduct of federal and state grand juries. The Trial Process component will focus on matters of jury selection, Confrontation Clause problems and standards of proof commonly faced in the unique criminal context. (3 credits)
Faculty Who Teach This Course
- Wesley Oliver (Associate Professor of Law)
- Laurie Serafino (Director of Clinical Legal Education and Associate Professor of Law)
Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:
Print Collection
KF9223.4 Right to a Speedy Trial
KF9245 Criminal Law – Double Jeopardy
KF9601-KF9763 Criminal Procedure
KFP575-KFP594 Pennsylvania Criminal Procedure
Legal Research Databases
- Hein Online
- BNA Online
- Westlaw and Lexis
- Legal Scholarship Network
- Palawlibrary.com
- Pa Legislative Bureau Capitol Toolbox
- CALI - Criminal Law - http://www.cali.org/category/cali-topics/1l-first-year-lesson-topics/criminal-law
- CALI - Criminal Procedure - http://www.cali.org/category/cali-topics/2l-3l-upper-level-lesson-topics/criminal-procedure
- Fourth Amendment - Search and Seizure (FindLaw) - http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment04/
- Fourth Amendment (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/fourth_amendment
- Understanding Search & Seizure (Nolo for All) - http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/search-seizure-criminal-law-30183.html
- SearchandSeizure.org - http://www.searchandseizure.org/
- Fourth Amendment.com (blog) - http://www.fourthamendment.com/blog/
- Fifth Amendment (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fifth_amendment
- Fifth Amendment - Rights of Persons (FindLaw) - http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment05/
- Exploring Constitutional Conflicts - Takings of Private Property - http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/takings.htm
- Double Jeopardy (Findlaw) - http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment05/02.html#1
- Double Jeopardy (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/double_jeopardy
- Self-Incrimination (FindLaw) - http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment05/07.html#1
- Self-Incrimination (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/self-incrimination
- Due Process (FindLaw) - http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment05/11.html#1
- Due Process (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/due_process
- Sixth Amendment - Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions (FindLaw) - http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment06/
- Sixth Amendment Center - http://sixthamendment.org/
- Right to a Speedy and Public Trial (FindLaw) - http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment06/02.html#1
- Pa Code - Rule 600 Prompt Trial - http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/234/chapter6/s600.html
- Right to Trial by Impartial Jury (FindLaw) - http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment06/04.html#1
- Jury Selection (Trial Theater) - http://www.trialtheater.com/wordpress/category/jury-selection/
- Getting Started- Voir Dire and Jury Selection in a Criminal Trial - http://www.lawfirms.com/resources/criminal-defense/criminal-defense-case/voir-dire-jury-selection-criminal.htm
- Third Circuit Blog - http://circuit3.blogspot.com/
- CrimProf Blog - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/
DCLI Webpage Links
- Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, federal and state case law)
- Legal Research Guides: Criminal Law, Practice Skills
rev. 10/17/2012
Patricia Horvath