2024 - 2025 DCC Catalog 
  
    Dec 03, 2024  
2024 - 2025 DCC Catalog

ADJ 211 - Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedures I


Credit Hours: 3

Teaches the elements of proof for major and common crimes and the legal classification of offenses. Studies the kinds, degrees and admissibility of evidence and its presentation in criminal proceedings with emphasis on legal guidelines for methods and techniques of evidence acquisition. Surveys the procedural requirements from arrest to final disposition in the various American court systems with focus on the Virginia jurisdiction. Part I of II.

Prerequisites: None
Corequisite: None
Lecture Hours: 3