
All necessary reference material required to prepare for this course such as recommended
reference books and other study material will be available in your student's area.
To complete the program you will be required to pass an online exam for all following
topics covered in this course.
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Topics Covered in This Course: |
In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:  | Fourth amendment standards: probable cause to search, warrants and exceptions. |
 | Stop and frisk: the legal standards. |
| In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:  | Arrest and seizure of the person. |
 | Fourth amendment searches and seizures: houses, persons, motor vehicles and effects. |
| In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:  | Special problem searches: administrative, inventory, school, work, airport, and border searches. |
 | Principles of the exclusionary rule: remedies and exceptions to constitutional violations. |
| In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:  | Miranda principles: fifth and sixth amendment influences on police practice. |
 | Confession and the privilege against self-incrimination. |
| In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:  | Eyewitness identification procedures: due process considerations. |
 | The decision to prosecute: indictment and information. |
 | Plea bargaining and guilty pleas: constitutional standards. |
 | Pretrial criminal procedure: preliminary hearing, bail, right to counsel, speedy trial, double jeopardy, and collateral estoppel. |
 | The trial: constitutional rights and trial practice: jury trial, right to counsel, due process, and equal protection. |
 | Appellate practice and other post-trial remedies. |
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