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This course covers the most significant of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the body of constitutional case law concerning the criminal trial process (with particular emphasis on the Double Jeopardy Clause), as well as the relevant federal statutes such as the Bail Reform Act and the Sentencing Reform Act. Topics include: Bail and pre-trial detention; prosecutorial charging discretion; the role of preliminary hearings; grand jury proceedings; the requirement of a speedy trial; criminal discovery; indictments and other charging instruments; prejudicial pre-trial publicity; joinder and severance; guilty pleas; double jeopardy; and sentencing.
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