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  • Descriptor Title
    Legal Aspects of Evidence
  • C-ID Number
    124
  • Units
    3.0
  • Date of Last Revision
    10/12/2017 04:43:52 PM PDT

General Description

This course examines categories of evidence and legal rules governing its admission and exclusion in the criminal process.

Prerequisites

No information provided

Corequisites

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Advisories

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Content

Rules of evidence

Types of evidence

Witness competency

Privileged communications

Privilege against self-incrimination

Hearsay

Chain of custody

Identification procedures

May include:

Search and seizure

Lab Activities

No information provided

Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

  1. Identify and differentiate various types of evidence
  2. Define and describe key rules of evidence
  3. Critically evaluate and apply the rules of evidence to specific case facts

Evaluation Methods

Objective and subjective examinations/quizzes

Case analysis

Projects

Homework assignments

In class exercises/presentations

Textbooks

Criminal Evidence, Hails, J, 2014, 8th Ed.

Criminal Evidence, Garland, 2015, 7th Ed.

Descriptor Administration

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    No
  • Next Descriptor Review
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  • Resubmission Requirements for Courses
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  • Resubmission Deadline
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  • Comments

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  • Notes

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  • Keywords
    Orig App year 2010
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