The Supreme Court has ruled that a judge's failure to ask a defendant if they knowingly and voluntarily entered a guilty plea in open court is:
a. not reversible if there is strong evidence of the defendant's guilt
b. not reversible if the defendant was represented by counsel during the entry of the plea
c. reversible error because the judge accepted a plea without an affirmative showing that it was freely givenand the defendant knew what he or she was agreeing to
d. may be grounds for an appeal if the defendant can show the judge was aware the defendant was not ofsound mind
c
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________ may be utilized to gather information when conventional investigative methods fail to produce desired results
a. Stationary surveillance. b. Fixed surveillance. c. Moving surveillance. d. Undercover operations. e. All of the above.
Discuss the differences between investigation and intelligence. Be sure to include why it is important to understand this distinction
What will be an ideal response?
In the ______ subculture, values are imported from the outside and the inmate code is followed.
A. thief B. convict C. legitimate D. importation
Conviction rates of defendants with private counsel and those represented by publicly funded attorneys are generally the same
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false