Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The American system of justice is based on all parties involved working to find the truth.
2. It is the job of the defense attorney to ensure that the defendant’s Constitutional rights are not violated.
3. One of the realities of being a criminal defense attorney is that victories are infrequent.
4. The right to have an attorney provided to indigent defendants has not always been a part of the right to
counsel.
5. According the Supreme Court, defense counsel, even that provided by the court must be not only
available but effective.
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True
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Which of the following did Menton not conclude in studying police uses of bicycles?
A) Incidents of public drinking, urination, and drug use were more readily discovered and dealt with. B) Bike patrols had more than double the number of contacts with people per hour than did officers in patrol cars. C) Bike officers have less enhanced access to alternative routes. D) Bicycle officers did essentially the same levels of serious and nonserious work as motor patrols.
Officers tend to carry their distrust of civilians over into their personal lives as well
A. True B. False
The term specific intent is often used by the courts to denote crimes that ?
A) require proof of a general intent to commit a specific crime.
B) require proof of particular mental state of intentguilty or knowledge.
C) require both intent and act combined to commit the crime.
D) may be proved by the use of the doctrine of transferred intent.
The exclusionary rule applies to:
a. police officials. b. government agents. c. private parties acting as government agents. d. all of the above.