1.2  Explain the applicability of the Bill of Rights to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment.

Week One Listen to Me First

Learning Team Charter

Create the Learning Team Charter.

Criminal Procedure Policy Paper

Include an explanation of how the Bill of Rights applies to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

2.2  Analyze the rationale and purpose of the exclusionary rule.

2.3  Identify exceptions to the exclusionary rule.

2.4  Identify alternative remedies to the exclusionary rule.

2.5  Define search and seizure.

Week Two Listen to Me First

Learning Team Charter

Exclusionary Rule Evaluation

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Fourth Amendment Summary

The city attorney defers to the police department on the issue of the Fourth Amendment and how it is applied in the field.

Write a 500- to 900-word executive summary for review by the mayor and city council members in which you define and explain the common law background of the Fourth Amendment and its application.

Format your executive summary consistent with APA guidelines.

3.2  Explain probable cause as it relates to searches and arrests.

3.3  Describe exceptions to warrant requirements.

3.4  Explain automobile search rules.

3.5  Explain the concept of stop and frisk.

3.6  Explain requirements regarding border and regulatory searches.

Week Three Listen to Me First

Criminal Procedure – Probable Cause Article Summary

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word summary of the article in which you analyze the requirements for search and arrest warrants, and how they relate to the right to privacy and probable cause. In addition, discuss exceptions to warrant requirements.

Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.

Search and Seizure Paper

·         Stop-and-frisk

·         Automobile search rules

·         Requirements regarding border and regulatory searches

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

                    Interrogation and Identification

4.2  Explain the Miranda decision.

4.3  Explain the development of the right to counsel.

4.4  Describe the right to counsel in a criminal proceeding.

4.5  Describe eyewitness identification procedures.

Week Four Listen to Me First

Interrogation and Legal Counsel

Right to Counsel

·         Option 1: Right to Counsel Presentation

·         Option 2: Right to Counsel Attorney Interview

·         Option 3: Right to Counsel Article

Supreme Court Case Analysis

Prepare a 700- to 1,050- word summary of the argument of the case. Include the following:

·         Briefly describe the facts of the case.

·         When was the case argued?

·         Which lawyers argued the case for each side?

·         Summarize the arguments of counsel regarding self-incrimination.

·         Why is the case significant with respect to the right to counsel and self-incrimination?

Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.

Eyewitness Evidence Executive Summary

Discuss best practices to be used by police when conducting suspect identifications.

Write a 350- to 700-word summary of your discussion.

Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.

                   The Trial Process

5.2  Describe pretrial detention and the concept of bail.

5.3  Explain preliminary examinations and the role of the grand jury.

5.4  Analyze the prosecutor’s duty to disclose exculpatory information.

5.5  Describe a defendant’s rights at trial.

Week Five Listen to Me First

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

Jury Trial Analysis

·         The right to a speedy trial

·         The right to an impartial judge

·         The right to an impartial jury

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Pretrial Process Paper

·         Pretrial detention and the concept of bail

·         Preliminary examinations

·         The role of the grand jury

·         The prosecutor’s duty to disclose exculpatory information

·         Prosecutorial misconduct

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.