Do you believe the right to effective assistance of counsel is a meaningful one, given all the interpretation it has received by the Supreme Court?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Good answers should address the basic right of counsel in both retained and indigent circumstances. Answers should then focus on the two-pronged test of ineffective assistance of counsel: performance and prejudice. Relevant cases—e.g., Gideon and Strickland v. Washington—should be addressed and used to support the position a student takes on the question.
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A crime controlled model based on computer driven statistics is called ________.
A. CrimeStat B. CompStat C. CASE D. CMAP
Billy Bob goes to a professional baseball game with his friend Buster. Billy Bob passes out from too much beer and too little offense to keep his attention
Seeing an opportunity to improve his economic condition, Buster steals $25 from Billy Bob's wallet, leaving another $20 in the wallet. When Billy Bob awakes, he never misses the $25. The most serious offense, if any, Buster has committed is: A) theft felony. B) pickpocketing. C) theft misdemeanor. D) embezzlement.
"Widening the net" refers to:
a. reducing the use of prison sentences for offenders convicted of minor crimes. b. increased efforts by prosecutors to have white-collar offenders sent to prison. c. including in pretrial diversion programs some offenders who would not have been dealt with by the legal system had the programs not existed. d. increasing the number of police officers on the streets.
Which of the following suggests a genetic tendency for criminal behavior is passed from parents to children?
a. Puberty b. Heredity c. Nationality d. Equality