The focus of this course is on the powers of the police to investigate criminal cases. Students will examine the Supreme Court’s interpretations of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. Topics covered include searches and seizures, stop and frisk, the warrant requirement and its exceptions, surveillance law, undercover agents, entrapment, the role of the grand jury, the exclusionary rule, the law of interrogations and Miranda rights, the privilege against self-incrimination, and the right to counsel.
