LEGL 211 - Criminal Law

3 Credits
This course examines Criminal Law in the United States, with an emphasis upon its basic functions and principal components. The substantive elements of crimes and defenses are explored along with an examination of the impact of crime on society.

Prerequisite(s): LEGL 101 or LEGL 210
Corequisite(s): ENGL 110
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Employ effective interviewing skills, locate records and documents, and organize evidence gathered for presentation at all procedural stages of criminal prosecutions.
2. Identify the elements of and defenses to crimes, and the evidence required to prove those elements and defenses.
3. Apply substantive and procedural law to research, prepare, file, serve, and respond to documents encountered at all stages of selected criminal proceedings.
4. Recognize, research, and analyze the substantive and procedural issues that arise in criminal prosecutions under the constitution, statues, and court rules.
5. Prepare, file, serve, and respond to documents encountered during investigations, arrests, charging, arraignments, preliminary examinations, pre-trials, sentencing, and post-trial proceedings.