What criteria will affect the competency of a witness?

What will be an ideal response?


Among the factors an investigator must evaluate in determining the competency of a witness are age, level of intelligence, mental state, relationship to individuals involved in the case, and background characteristics that might preclude the testimony of the witness from being heard in court.

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Identify the fight circumstance that can create a legal duty to act.

What will be an ideal response?

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__________ sentences require juveniles to not only serve a term ofprobation, but to also spend time in an adult correctional facility

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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In accordance with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, chapter 301.25, all inmates shall have reasonable access to the law library, provided

a. manpower permits b. the inmate is acting Pro Se on his/her case c. the inmate is researching a civil case d. none of the above, TCJS does not address law library operations

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What type of treatment program flourished under the Bush administration?

a. Behavior modification b. Milieu therapy c. Therapeutic community d. Faith-based rehabilitation

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