| Summary: | INTRODUCTION: Purpose of criminal law; U.S. Criminal Justice System; U.S. Constitution: 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th & 14th Amendments; Due Process; U.S. Court system: State, Federal, Supreme Court; Categories of crime: Misdemeanors, felonies. II. PRE-TRIAL PROCESS AND PROCEDURE: Probable cause; law enforcement; Miranda; Habeas Corpus; Grand Jury / preliminary hearing; indictment; Corpus Delecti; Arraignment; pleas; bail; plea-bargaining; drug court; Juvenile justice system; Jurisdiction: personal, territorial, subject matter; Pre-trial motions; ad limine. III. TRIAL PROCESS AND PROCEDURE: Presumption of innocence; burden of proof; 7 criminal aspects; Trial by jury; voir dire; Opening statements; objections; evidence; Witnesses: direct examination, cross examination, redirect; defendant; hostile witnesses; rebuttal; Jury instructions; Closing statements. IV. POST-TRIAL PROCESS AND PROCEDURE: Verdicts; insanity defense; hung jury; Sentencing; death penalty; Appeal process; American justice.
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