Develop a strong foundation in criminal procedure adjudications law.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will examine the criminal process after the police investigation ends and the criminal prosecution begins, from post-arrest through sentencing. It will focus on the constitutional, statutory, and other protections afforded to criminal defendants in relation to the actions of prosecutors, judges, defense attorneys, and grand and petit jurors. The goal of the course is to develop an understanding of selected core topics in criminal procedure and adjudication, as well as to develop legal reasoning skills in this area of law. The topics covered will include the charging process, the right to the effective assistance of counsel, bail and pretrial release, discovery, speedy trial, plea bargaining, and sentencing. Topics will be examined through Supreme Court cases, as well as the rules of criminal procedure, statutes, lower court cases, applicable rules of professional responsibility, and transcripts of court proceedings. Criminal Procedure I, which focuses on the investigative process, is not a prerequisite.
What You’ll Learn:
- Study the federal constitutional requirements and supporting case law in the covered subject areas and critically analyze the judicial reasoning for and against certain practices.
- Identify, explain, and apply core concepts, theories, procedures, and rules of criminal procedure law.
- Understand the policy concerns driving criminal procedure practices, and the impact of those policies on the various participants in the criminal justice system, including individual defendants, victims, prosecutors, courts, law enforcement, and society at large.
Instructor
Rhonda Tomlinson
Rhonda Tomlinson is an Associate Adjunct Professor at CUNY School of Law.
She currently serves as the Chief Administrative Law Judge for the NYS Board of Parole, DOCCS where she manages the state-wide parole adjudication process to ensure that hearing officers conduct fair fact-finding proceedings and that principles of due process are upheld satisfying burdens of proof, preventing undue delay, and rendering decisions that are reasoned, and supported by the law.
As an active member of the legal community, she has chaired or served on various bar association committees. Her initiatives included coordinating legal forums to address the intersection of criminal matters on parole revocation adjudications, the collateral consequences of non-criminal adjudications, the impact of parental incarceration on children.
Prior to her current position, she served as a principal court attorney in New York State Supreme Court-Criminal Term.
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NY Residents
Out of State Residents