Criminal Procedure and Court testimony I. Course Code: CCRIMPROC
II. Course Name: Criminal Procedure and Court testimony
III. Course Description: This course provides the criminal procedure to be followed in observing criminal prosecution. It contains extensive procedures to follow and observe by a law enforcers. It also provide contribution to present and future professional forensic examiners for a model and common procedures on how expert witnesses shall execute an oath of verification, judicial affidavit, and to testify as expert on opinion issued and duly certified examination findings being conducted, as well on how to effectively testify in the court witness stand.
IV. Course Learning Outcomes:
CLO1: Value the concepts of Human rights and victim welfare relative with the prosecution of offenses, including the institution of civil action against persons who committed crimes, with the acquisition of basic knowledge who may conduct preliminary investigation, together with the developing of
technical know-how on the rules on arrests and bail as a form of temporary liberty of persons accused and charge in violation of the revised penal code and special laws.
CLO2: Demonstrate competence and broad understanding the important provision of the law relative with the rights of the accused; the procedures required in arraignment and plea, including the strict requisites of the law with regard motion to quash, pre-trial, trial and judgment, and which are all
important consideration in the disposition of criminal charges filed against person, individually or collectively, and who are held responsible by the law to answer for the commission of an offense.
CLO3: Apply the Principles of and Jurisprudence of the law in connection with the initiation of new trial or reconsideration, have a clear understanding when and how appeal is made after conviction made by the lower courts, vis-à-vis of developing basic knowledge on the procedures in the municipal trial courts, including the procedures at the court of appeals and the supreme court, and develop ideas on how to make search and seizures and the provisional remedies in criminal cases.
V. No. of Units: Lec: 3 Lab: 0 VI. Pre-Requisite: CEVID
VII. No. of Hours Per Week: 3 VIII. Course Outline:
Midterm
Prosecution of Offenses
Prosecution of Civil Action
Preliminary Investigation
Arrest
Bail
Rights of Accused
Arraignment and Plea Final
Motion to Quash
Pre-Trial
Trial
Judgment
New Trial or Reconsideration
Appeal IX. References:
Expert testimony in court, Mendoza, Gregorio Bacay, 2017
Criminal procedure : law and practice 10th ed., Del Carmen, Rolando V., 2017
Successful expert testimony 5th ed., Houck, Max M., 2018
Criminal procedure 10th ed., Samaha, Joel, 2018
An introduction to the international court 5th ed., Schabas, William 2018
X. Requirements: Comply and pass all academic requirements
XI. Computation of Grades: The passing score is 50% of the total items in the examinations, while the passing grade for the semester is 75% or 3.00. The basis for the computation of the semester grade is as follows:
Midterm grade: 70% Class standing and 30% midterm examination Final Grade: 70% Class standing and 30% final examination
Semester grade: 50% midterm grade and 50% final grade
