Deferred adjudication is ______.

a. a decision made regarding an offense without having to go to court
b. a delay in sentencing pending good behavior
c. a juvenile justice trial that goes into extended recess
d. a delay of trial pending an investigation regarding the respondent’s ability to stand trial


a. a decision made regarding an offense without having to go to court

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a. ethnography b. explicit knowledge c. common knowledge d. tacit knowledge e. common sense

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A) direct the jury to continue to deliberate. B) call the jury into open court and give the Allen charge. C) dismiss the jury and declare a hung jury. D) All of the above.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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