Defendants can appeal their convictions either on legal grounds or on constitutional grounds. Your textbook identifies three examples of legal grounds and four examples of constitutional grounds. Name two of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Examples of legal grounds include defects in jury selection, improper admission of evidence at trial, and mistaken interpretations of law.
Four examples of constitutional grounds are illegal search and seizure, improper questioning of the defendant by the police, identification of the defendant through a defective police lineup, and incompetent assistance of counsel.
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