Criminal Justice 2012: Part V

26-Jan-2012

Criminal Justice 2012: Legal, Forensics and Ethics (Part I - V)

St Paul, MN

 

 

Tuition

$280 per session (25% discount for public employees)

 

 This 35-plus hour multi-session seminar is designed to educate attorneys, law enforcement personnel and medical professionals on some of the latest developments in criminal law.  Topics will cover both judicial and legislative changes, as well as the “in the trenches” view from practicing attorneys, law enforcement personnel and judicial officers.  Sessions will cover recent U.S. Supreme Court cases and Minnesota Appellate and Supreme Court cases, as well as the latest in such areas as computer forensics, elder abuse, immigration and gangs. 

 

Criminal Justice 2012: Legal, Forensics and Ethics (Part V)

 Saturday, October 27, 2012

389 N. Hamline Avenue

Saint Paul, MN 55104

 

$280 (25% discount for public employees)

 

 5 Standard Credits

2 Ethics Credits

 

 8:30-9:00         Registration (Continental Breakfast)

 

 9:00-11:00       Ethical Considerations:  Brady, Giglio and Discovery Issues

                           (2 Ethics Credits) (Richard Dusterhoft, Shereen Askalani and Juan Hoyos)

  

What information does law enforcement possess and should it go to the defense?  This course will take us through an overview and update on the case law and both legal and ethical obligations of law enforcement and prosecutors as it relates to discovery issues under Giglio v. United States and Brady vs. Maryland.   This course will evaluate the implications and potential impact on law enforcement policies and prosecutors’ discovery obligations particularly as it relates to the ethical obligations of both.

  

11:00-11:45      Lunch (Provided)

11:45-1:45       Search and Seizure of Pedestrians (Peter Marker)

 

This session will present training on the art of seizing (or not) and searching (or not) pedestrians.  Stopping cars is easy, but seizing pedestrians is an entirely different story.  What constitutes seizure of a pedestrian?  What is the point of detention?  How can police control the point of detention?  Why does that even matter?  Once seized, what constitutes a lawful expansion of that seizure, and what does not?  What if the guy takes off on the police?  Weapons searches and other exceptions to the warrant requirement.  This training will be good review for attorneys and for police

 

2:00-4:00         Gangs and Wire Intercepts (David Miller)

 

This two part presentation will first relate the current state of “gangs” in the St. Paul and Twin Cities Metro Areas and the statutory and case law developments for gang evidence in Minnesota courts.   “Gangs” as a term defined in Minn. Stat. 609.229 requires proof of historic facts of past criminal activity of identified gang members in an identified criminal gang.   The current morphing and subsets of “gangs” presents new challenges in information gathering and prosecution of “crimes committed for the benefit of a gang.”  The presentation will be assisted by police and/or probation officers that deal with gang investigations and gang member probation supervision.   Minnesota Appellate cases that have explained and defined “gang evidence” will be addressed and discussed.

  

Part 2 of the Presentation will address the use of Minn. Stat. 626A –The Privacy of Communications Act, for state wire intercepts.  Wire intercepts have and will prove a valuable investigative tool in obtaining evidence of relationships between criminal co-conspirators in criminal narcotic trafficking networks and gangs.  The considerations, resources, purposes and benefits of wire intercepts will be discussed.  Specific closed cases where wire intercepts were used for investigation and in court will be detailed.

   

 4:00-5:00         Child Support Criminal and Civil Consequences (Valisa McKinney)

           

Curious about how the Child Support System works in Minnesota?  What remedies are out there to enforce payment?  This course will provide a general overview of the child support system, focusing on both civil and criminal enforcement remedies available through the collection process for failure to pay child support. 

 

 

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