Where a defendant has not been successful in getting a reversal of a conviction at the court of appeals level, that the best chance of having a state supreme court decide to review a court of appeals decision
A) exists where two separate courts of appeal have decided a similar issue to the defendant's issue in a completely different manner.
B) occurs when the defendant who is appealing has an attorney who understands the legal "hurdles that need to be jumped" in order to have a state supreme court hear a case.
C) occurs when the a defendant has a privately retained attorney rather than a state-appointed appellate attorney.
D) B and C are both correct responses.
E) none of the above is a correct response.
A
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