A judicial order that commands a correctional official to bring a prisoner before a federal court so that the court can hear the person's claim that he or she is being held illegally is:
a. corpus delicti.
b. habeas corpus.
c. habeas delicti.
d. nolle prosequi.
b
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a. all defendants must receive counsel at government expense. b. defendants have a right to counsel at trial provided they can afford one. c. defendants do not have a right to counsel until the trial itself, but once trial begins all defendants must receive lawyers even if they cannot afford them. d. only felony defendants are entitled to lawyers at government expense.
A frisk is limited to a pat-down of a person's outer clothing
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The method of futures research that utilizes mathematical models to analyze past trends in order to forecast future trends is:
a. scenario method b. qualitative method c. quantitative method d. Delphi technique
A statute is overbroad and, therefore, illegal if it criminalizes both protected and unprotected speech
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.