Course Guides - 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

• Tom Ferrell (Adjunct Professor)

Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:

Under Subject Area:

• Criminal Law

Course Listed Under the following Law School Areas of Interest:

• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law