Each also contains an optional pretrial motion designed to help students gain a deeper understanding of constitutional issues related to the criminal trial process. In an optional pretrial argument on whether the search of the student's computer and seizure of computer files was legal, students can argue issues based on the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Police arrest the shooter's cousin, who owned the murder weapon as well as an illegal assault rifle. Police arrest a college student, who makes incriminating statements after postponement of a pretrial hearing. An optional pretrial motion addresses whether the incriminating statements are admissible.
Suspicion falls on an honor student for vandalizing computer room and altering records.
Police search the student's locker, find incriminating evidence, and arrest the student. An optional pretrial motion addresses whether the locker search was legal. An optional pretrial motion based on the First and Fourteenth Amendments addresses the constitutionality of a traffic stop based on a police profile of a drunk driver. A high school senior shoots a fellow student and claims self-defense. The testimony of a psychotherapist becomes critical.