INSTRUCTOR:
    Prof. Henriksen
    Home Phone: (217) 544-2931
    Office Phone: ext. 104
    E-mail: kay.henriksen@mac.edu
    E-Mail is the best way to communicate with me. When I need to contact you I will be using your Mac E-Mail, exclusively.
    Office Hours: Monday, 1:00-2:00 PM
                         Wednesday, 11:00-12:00 PM
                         or by appointment
    Office: Room 27A MacMurray Hall
    Mailbox: 1042
 

REQUIRED READING:
    Ronald J. Bacigal
    Criminal Law and Procedure, 2^nd ed.
    West Publishing Company, 2002

    David Simon
    Homicide
    Ivy Books, 1991

    Specific statutes from Illinois criminal law and procedure. If you do not own a copy of the statutes I will provide copies.

    Cases to be analyzed. I will provide copies.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

To gain an understanding of criminal procedure, with an emphasis on Illinois law and police work.

GRADING POLICY:        

quizzes - 15%

There will be nine quizzes given. Each quiz will be given at the beginning of class over the reading assignment in Bacigal for that day. You may drop your lowest quiz score.  No make-up quizzes will be given.

            midterm - 20%

            book reports - 15%

No late papers will be accepted.  All papers must be handed in through Turnitin.com/ Instructions for the papers will be handed out separately.

           final - 50%

            These are the highest cut-off points that I will use in assigning letter grades:

                        A 90-100%

                        B 80-89%

                        C 70-79%

                        D 60-69%

                        F 0-59%

IMPORTANT DATES:

February 24 – first paper due

March 01 - Midterm Exam

March 22 – no class, picking fall classes

April 07 – second paper due

April 28 - 8am, Final Exam

PLEASE REVIEW THE ATTACHED COPY OF MACMURRAY’S POLICY ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTY.

READING SCHEDULE:

class #01 Introduction	no reading
class #02 QUIZ Crime Control v. Due Process	chapter 8
class #03 Assistance of Counsel	S.Ct.Rule 401 Found at the very end of the statute book
class #04 QUIZ Introduction to the 4th Amendment and Arrest	chapter 9 725 ILCS 5/107 et seq.
class #05	no reading
class #06	no reading
class #07	cases 1-3
class #08 Identification Procedures	cases 33-35
class #09 QUIZ Introduction to Searches	chapter 10 725 ILCS 5/108 et seq. & 5/103-1
class #10	no reading
class #11	cases 4-7
class #12 Plain View	cases 8 & 9
class #13 Consent	no reading
class #14	cases 10-13
class #15 Vehicles	no reading
class #16	no reading
class #17	cases 14, 16, 18, 19, 20
class #18 Open Fields	cases 21 & 22
class #19 Abandoned Property	no reading
class #20	cases 23-26
class #21 QUIZ Electronic Surveillance	chapter 11 720 ICLS 5/14-1, 5/14-2(a)(1) case 27
class #22 Exclusionary Rule	725 ILCS 5/114-12
class #23 Exclusionary Rule	no reading
class #24 QUIZ Self-incrimination	chapter 12 725 ILCS 5/103-2,3,4,8 725 ILCS 5/114-11 720 ILCS ILCS 5/33-3
class #25	no reading
class #26	cases 28-32
class #27 QUIZ Initial Appearance Bail	chapter 13 725 ILCS 5/109-1, 5/110-1, 2,4, 5, 6.1, 10
class #28 Discovery	no reading
class #29 QUIZ Discovery Statute of Limitations Speedy Trial	chapter 14 S.Ct.Rules 411-415 Found at the very end of the statute book 720 ILCS 5/3-5, 5/3-8
class #30 Double Jeopardy Venue Public Trial	720 ILCS 5/1-6 725 ILCS 5/114-6 725 ILCS 103-5
class #31 Joinder Fitness to Stand Trial	725 ILCS 5/111-4 725 ILCS 5/114-6, 7, 8 720 ILCS 5/1-6
class #32 QUIZ Arraignment Pleas Plea Bargaining Juries	chapter 15 725 ILCS 5/113-1,4 S.Ct.Rule 402 725 ILCS 5/115-4
class #33 Presentation of Evidence Witnesses	725 ILCS 5/115-4,14
class #34 Defendant's Character Motion for Mistrial Motion for Acquittal	725 ILCS 5/115-7
class #35 QUIZ Sentencing Appeals	chapter 16 730 ILCS 5/5-3-(2) 730 ILCS 5/5-8-1 pay attention to (d)

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

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