In 1975, the state of ______banned the practice of plea bargaining.

The view that a defense attorney’s main concern is looking out for the client’s interest; that nothing matters more to them than securing favorable plea agreements or, ideally, acquittals, is described as characterizing the defense attorney as a:

In______, the Court upheld that a prosecutor may file additional charges if an initial expectation that the defendant would plead guilty to a lesser charge proved unfounded.

According to U.S. Census figures, blacks made up just over 12 percent of the population in 2006, yet they accounted for ________ percent of felony defendants in the most populous counties.

In _____, the Supreme Court held that a defense attorney’s failure to present any mitigating evidence or to make a closing statement at the defendant’s capital sentencing hearing did not amount to ineffective assistance.

In_______, the Court identified three advantages associated with a speedy trial.

The term sometimes used to describe the idea that the same attorney should continuously represent the client until the completion of the case.

The overwhelming majority (________ percent by some estimates) of criminal convictions in the United States result from guilty pleas rather than trials.

___________ assigned counsel systems are those in which the judge chooses a defense attorney on a case by case basis.

A(n) __________ occurs after the police develop probable cause that the suspect committed a crime and/or they obtain an arrest warrant issued by a judicial magistrate.