Which is not a reason courts would consider decisions from other jurisdictions?
a. There may be no settled law on an issue in a given area.
b. Decisions in other jurisdictions may enable lawyers to detect a trend and anticipate what local courts might doin the future
c. Cases from other jurisdictions may be similar.
d. Courts are required to follow decisions made by courts in other juridictions.
d
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a. Personality development is tied to modeling of the same sex parent. b. Attachments to significant others and close friends can be as important as attachments to parents. c. Psychopaths are created by overly attentive parents who spoil their children. d. Criminals that form attachments to other criminals tend to offend more frequently than criminals who have more prosocial connections. e. Bonds formed between mothers and their children are most important.
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He simply replies, "Loosen up. My days in college are over and I will be gone tomorrow." About midnight, several neighbors call the police and complain about the noise. A police officer responds to the scene and asks Roscoe to calm down the sound. Roscoe agrees but 30 minutes later several neighbors call the police again. The same police officer returns to the apartment complex and determines he can hear the party from inside his patrol car while parked on the city street. At this point the officer: A) would be legally justified to cite the partiers for disorderly conduct. B) must precisely measure the sound level with a decibel meter before he may take legal action against Roscoe. C) should obtain sworn complaints from at least two of the complaining neighbors. D) is legally required to summon a supervisor to the scene to confirm that the party noise is violating the disorderly conduct statute.
Currently, in the United States, the death penalty can only be handed down to a defendant convicted of murder.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)