Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Criminal Process (Professor Heather Winslow)/Timeline

Week 1 (Jan. 5)

 * Classroom Discussion
 * Course Overview
 * Crime and Criminalization


 * Guest Speaker
 * AUSA Tom Shakeshaft

Week 2 (Jan. 12)

 * Classroom Discussion
 * Policies Underlying the Criminal Process


 * Guest Speaker
 * Douglas Blanchard

Week 3 (Jan. 19)

 * Classroom Discussion
 * Prosecutorial Discretion – Part I


 * Reading For Next Class
 * United States v. Armstrong (p. 820)

Week 4 (Jan. 26)

 * Guest Speaker
 * Chris Nofal
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course


 * Classroom Discussion
 * Prosecutorial Discretion – Part II


 * Reading For Next Class
 * Blackledge v. Perry (p. 828)
 * Coleman v. Alabama (p. 832)
 * United States v. Williams (p. 845)

Week 5 (Feb. 2)

 * Classroom Discussion
 * Prosecutorial Discretion – Part III
 * The Preliminary Hearing
 * Grand Jury Screening


 * Guest Speaker
 * AUSA Tom Shakeshaft


 * Reading For Next Class
 * Stack v. Boyle (p. 791)
 * United States v. Salerno (p. 796)

Week 6 (Feb. 9)

 * Classroom Discussion
 * Bail Reform Act
 * Preventative Detention


 * Guest Speaker
 * AUSA Tom Shakeshaft


 * Reading For Next Class
 * Fed. R. Crim. Proc. 16 (Discovery & Inspection)
 * Hoffman v. United States (p. 859)
 * People v. Vilardi (p. 888)
 * Arizona v. Youngblood (p. 896)
 * Williams v. Florida (p. 905)

Week 7 (Feb. 16)

 * Classroom Discussion
 * The Fifth Amendment and the Grant Jury Investigative Function
 * Constitutional Discovery in Criminal Cases


 * Reading For Next Class
 * Fed. R. Crim. Proc. 13 (Joinder)
 * Fed. R. Crim. Proc. 14 (Severance)
 * State v. Reldan (p. 914)
 * Barker v. Wingo (p. 920)

Week 8 (Feb. 23)

 * Classroom Discussion
 * Joinder and Severance
 * Speedy Trial


 * Reading For Next Class
 * Nix v. Whiteside (p. 943)
 * Gideon v. Wainwright (p. 950)
 * Scott v. Illinois (p. 957)
 * Douglas v. California (p. 963)
 * Ross v. Moffitt (p. 968)
 * Faretta v. California (p. 973)
 * Strickland v. Washington (p. 989)

Week 9 (Mar. 1)

 * Classroom Discussion
 * Role of Defense Counsel
 * Right to Have Appointed Counsel
 * Right to Decide Whether to Have Counsel
 * Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel


 * Reading For Next Class
 * Brady v. United States (p. 1027)
 * North Carolina v. Alford (p. 1039)
 * Bordenkircher v. Hayes (p. 1044)
 * Santobello v. New York (p. 1051)
 * United States v. Brechner (p. 1057)
 * McMann v. Richardson (p. 1063)

Week 10 (Mar. 8)

 * Classroom Discussion
 * Characteristics of a Valid Guilty Plea
 * Plea Bargaining
 * Procedural Effect of a Guilty Plea


 * Guest Speakers


 * Christopher Nofal
 * AUSA Tom Shakeshaft


 * Reading For Next Class
 * Duncan v. Louisiana (p. 1071)
 * Taylor v. Louisiana (p. 1084)
 * Ham v. South Carolina (p. 1092)
 * People v. Newton (p. 1098)
 * United States v. Salamone (p. 1103)
 * Batson v. Kentucky (p. 1114)
 * United States v. Thomas (p. 1136)

Week 11 (Mar. 15)

 * No Class - Spring Break

Week 12 (Mar. 22)

 * Classroom Discussion
 * Right to Trial by Impartial Jury
 * “Fair Cross-Section” Requirement
 * Race and Racism in Jury Selection
 * Voir Dire
 * “For Cause” Challenges
 * Jury Nullification


 * Reading For Next Class
 * Olden v. Kentucky (p. 1154)
 * Maryland v. Craig (p. 1160)
 * Crawford v. Washington (p. 1170)
 * Cruz v. New York (p. 1187)
 * Gray v. Maryland (p. 1192)
 * United States v. Burr (p. 1202)
 * Taylor v. Illinois (p. 1203)
 * Griffin v. California (p. 1214)
 * United States v. Thomas (p. 1226)
 * Michigan v. Bryant, 131 S. Ct. 1143 (2011)

Week 13 (Mar. 29)

 * Classroom Discussion
 * Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment
 * Right to Face and Cross-Examine Prosecution Witnesses
 * Right to Require State to Produce Witnesses at Trial
 * Right to Exclude a Co-Defendant’s Confession
 * Right to Compulsory Process
 * Defendant’s Right to Testify


 * Reading For Next Class
 * 18 U.S.C. §§ 3553, 3582
 * Mistretta v. United States (p. 1238)
 * Williams v. New York (p. 1248)
 * McMillan v. Pennsylvania (p. 1253)
 * Apprendi v. New Jersey (p. 1260)
 * Blakely v. Washington (p. 1277)
 * North Carolina v. Pearce (p. 1303)

Week 14 (Apr. 5)

 * Classroom Discussion
 * Federal Sentencing Guidelines
 * Adjustments
 * Departures
 * Variances
 * Imposing a Sentence – Constitutional Limits
 * Judicial Vindictiveness in Sentencing


 * Reading For Next Class
 * United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005)
 * Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338 (2007)
 * Spears v. United States, 555 U.S. 261 (2009)

Week 15 (Apr. 12)

 * Classroom Discussion
 * Federal Sentencing Guidelines
 * Disparity in Sentencing
 * Review of Course
 * Discussion of Final Exam

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