Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The defense of double jeopardy does not preclude the state from retrying a defendant who has been granted a new trial on a defendant’s appeal claiming an error occurred during the trial.
2. Although entrapment was not a defense at common law, it may now be pled as a defense in all federal and state jurisdictions.
3. An affirmative defense is one in which the defendant denies committing the crime or claims that the prosecution lacks sufficient evidence of the defendant’s guilt.
4. While the prosecution always carries the burden of proving the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, courts generally require a defendant to prove an affirmative defense by a preponderance of the evidence.
1. T
2. T
3. F
4. T
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