246.1 sec. 001 - Criminal Trial Practice (Fall 2022)
Instructor: Charles M Denton (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 3
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
M 6:25 PM - 9:05 PM
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From August 22, 2022
To November 28, 2022
Course End: November 28, 2022
Class Number: 31497
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 16
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 16
As of: 02/17 06:39 AM
This course focuses on the courtroom application of criminal law principles and practices. Students will prepare and present opening statements, direct and cross examination, documentary and demonstrative evidence, and closing arguments. They will also gain a practical understanding of common issues in criminal law, including bail, sentencing, preliminary hearings, ethics, misconduct, objections and motions to suppress.
The format will be hands-on and participatory, and the emphasis will be on learning practical techniques for shaping the evidence, using the law, and exploiting the courtroom to create a coherent and convincing case theory. All performances will be videotaped and the course will culminate in a half-day jury trial.
All students interested in enrollment should be present for both the first and second classes. Final trials will be Friday, November 18 - Sunday, November 20.
Instructor Biography: Charles Denton is in his 38th year as an attorney with the Alameda County Public Defender's Office. Nearly all of that time has been spent in the courtroom. Mr. Denton has litigated hundreds of motions and hearings and has tried nearly every kind of criminal case -- from drunk driving to the death penalty. He is one of the most prolific lecturers on trial practice and criminal litigation in the state and a well-recognized expert on criminal law and procedure. He is currently the author of Criminal Defense Jury Instructions: California Criminal Jury Charges. For nearly a decade, he was one of the principal authors of California Continuing Education of the Bar's Recent Developments in Criminal Law Practice as well as a contributor to their California Criminal Law: Procedure and Practice. He is currently one of the authors of California: Criminal Sentencing Enhancements. His written manuals and practice guides are highly acclaimed and widely published, and he is the past president of the California Public Defender's Association, its current training coordinator and the recipient of its 2020 Defender of the Year award. This is Mr. Denton's 25th year teaching at Berkeley Law.
Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.
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Exam Notes: (T) Course ends in a final practice trial, arguments, or other presentation (e.g. Powerpoint)
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Simulation Courses
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Criminal Law
Social Justice and Public Interest
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Readers:
A reader will be used in this class.
Books:
Required Books are in blue
- Trial Techniques and Trials
Mauet, Thomas
Edition: 10th Ed 2017
Publisher: Aspen
ISBN: 9781454886532
e-Book Available: No
Price: $171.00
Price Source: user provided - California Evidentiary Foundations
Imwinkelreid, Edward & Leach, Thomas
Edition: 5th ed., 2020
Publisher: Lexis Nexis
ISBN: 9781522185918
e-Book Available: No
Price: 193.00
Price Source: user provided - Modern Trial Advocacy Analysis & Practice: Law School Fourth Edition (NITA)
Lubet, Steven
Edition: Fourth Edition
Publisher: NITA
ISBN: 9781601565730
e-Book Available: No
Price: 79.95
Price Source: user provided