Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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LET 2000 - Procedures, Rules, and Test of Evidence
Acquaints students with court system in Ohio, its functions, authority, and duties. Explains workings of all courts of record and provides description of mayor’s courts which are only courts not of record in State of Ohio. Kinds and degrees of evidence. Admissibility of evidence in criminal court cases, materiality and competency of evidence. Distinction between admissions and confessions; exceptions to hearsay rule; types of evidence.
Requisites: LET 1200 for LET Majors
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Apply Constitutional concepts to case studies;
- Apply course content to a mock trial.
- Define the history and development of criminal evidence; and
- Demonstrate an understanding of court room processes through in-class exercises;
- Describe the testimony of witnesses and hearsay evidence;
- Understand theoretical Constitutional foundations to understand important aspects of the criminal justice system;
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