ADJU 201 “California Criminal Procedure”
Fully Online

David Mehlhoff, M.A.
Instructor
Miramar College
10440 Black Mountain Road
San Diego, CA. 92126

 

 

Textbook and Course Material Requirements

 

Scheb, J.  Criminal Procedure; 4th edition.  Belmont, CA:  Thomson Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2006.  ISBN: 0-534-61661-5

 

Snipes, J.  Guide to Criminal Procedure for California.  Belmont, CA:  Thomson Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2005.  ISBN: 0-534-64344-2

 

NO OTHER TEXTBOOKS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS COURSE.

Purchase Textbooks Online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore

 

Hardware and Software Requirements

 

Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Internet Browser:
You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in WebCT, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here.

 

Course Description

 

This course provides a comprehensive look at the origin, development, philosophy and legal basis of criminal procedures in California.  This includes a comprehensive examination of procedural state law, case law, California court system, Grand Jury system, trial procedures, sentencing, laws of arrest, use of force, and rules of evidence.

 

Course Objectives

 

After completion of this course, the student will have a greater understanding of the following:

·         The sources of California Criminal Procedure.

·         The various components of the Criminal Justice system.

·         Investigation, arrest, and crime charging procedures.

·         Court and trial procedures including; testimonial, sentencing and appeal procedures.

·         Organization of the Criminal Justice system including juvenile justice procedures.

 

Course Specific Information

 

If the course if full, ensure you get your name on the wait list.  Please do not contact the instructor asking for an ADD code if you are not on the wait list.  Registration priority is given to those only on the wait list.

This course is offered as a technology mediated instruction class. All lecture material will be delivered via the Internet. It is not easier or less work than a traditional course. In fact, most distance learners say these courses are harder and more time consuming. The instructor will be available to students via electronic mail within the WebCT website.

It is the student's responsibility to add, drop or withdraw from this course by the established deadlines. Petitions to add, drop or withdraw after the deadline will not be approved without proof of circumstances beyond the student's control. Lack of money to pay fees is not considered an extenuating circumstance. Further, it is the student's responsibility to insure that all work is submitted, as per guidelines in the online format, by the required date.

Students are advised that many problems can occur with technology and that they should anticipate such problems and allow sufficient time to rectify them in order that work is completed by deadline. For the purposes of this online course, students are expected to have adequate computer skills to be able to manage the technology. Students are required to check the Internet course site on a daily basis to insure that they are up to date with the calendar, mail and bulletin board postings.

Registration into this course assumes that you have access to a computer with a reliable Internet Service Provider, that you are computer literate, self-motivated and disciplined and that you will devote sufficient time to the course.

 

Application and Registration Information

 
  1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services
  2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.
  3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system
  4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!
    Tuition and Fees Information.
  5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.

6.  After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net and login on the first day of class as follows:
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Type your WebCT ID = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for birthdate June 23, 1980) 

  1.  If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist.

You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!!
You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped. Follow the login instructions at http://www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm