What does competency refer to?

What will be an ideal response?


Competency refers to the defendant’s mental condition at the time of the court proceedings,
not at the time of the offense.

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Identify which of the following exemplifies a judicial path of courts.

A. Brown v. Board of Education B. class action suits C. civil suits D. Brown v. U.S. Navy

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What reduces the seriousness of the crime and the punishment to allow for human frailty?

a. adequate provocation
b. adequate justification
c. adequate torture
d. adequate verbal attack

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Defendants are entitled to a lawyer at plea bargaining under the ________ Amendment

a. Fourth b. Fifth c. Sixth d. Eighth

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The Fruit of the Poison Tree Doctrine:

a. makes all evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment inadmissible at trial b. makes evidence derived from evidence found in violations of the Fourth Amendment inadmissible at trial c. only applies to evidence obtained in violation of the Fifth Amendment d. was abolished by the Supreme Court in the Wong Sun case

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