A _____________ ___________is one at which factual determinations can be made that could determine the outcome of a trial and in which a lawyer plays a significant role
Fill in the blank with correct word.
ANSWER: critical stage
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a. aspirin. b. morphine. c. Rohypnol. d. mescaline.
oquine is 16 years old and has two prior arrests on his record. He has a history of drug abuse and has been in and out of counseling and diversion programs since he was 14. He has a stable home life, involved parents, attends school, and seems to be well engaged in community activities when he is not hanging out with a couple of the neighborhood troublemaker kids. Joquine just committed a crime at school and the police have been called. A prosecutor has decided to charge Joquine for assault with a dangerous weapon. He was coerced by his friends into bringing a hammer to school and attacking someone with it. They warned him not to snitch. He will be detained in a secure facility pending his trial. While awaiting his adjudication, Joquine goes to school and enrolls in a counseling program
for anger management and peer influences. While in detention, Joquine makes a weapon out of a piece of his bunk bed frame and gets into an altercation with another boy who ends up in the hospital with multiple stab wounds. The judge has decided that the juvenile system can no longer help Joquine. What form of waiver applies in this case? A. Judicial waiver B. Direct file waiver C. Sentence him to prison D. Involuntary commitment
Describe and discuss the differences and similarities between the hands-on doctrine, the hands-off doctrine, and the one hand on, one hand off doctrine.
What will be an ideal response?
According to studies by Hammond, what percent of youths in the justice system have a mental disorder?
A) 25 B) 80 C) 70 D) 45