Since Godinez v. Moran (1993), some scholars have suggested that instead of using terms such as competence to stand trial and competence to plead guilty, use the term ______________________ as it is a better way to describe the multiple abilities that criminal defendants are expected to have

A. overall competence
B. adjudicative competence
C. legal competence
D. multiple competence


B

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a. We have reliable evidence supporting the existence of telepathy but not clairvoyance. b. We have reliable evidence supporting the existence of clairvoyance but not telepathy. c. We have reliable evidence supporting the existence of both clairvoyance and telepathy. d. We lack reliable evidence supporting the existence of either clairvoyance and telepathy. e. We can't say because only a few studies have been conducted on the existence of ESP.

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