Answer one of the following questions from Chapter 6. Be sure to indicate which question you are answering. a) What is the test used to determine “effective” assistance of counsel? Explain each prong of the test. b) Discuss the significance of Nix v. Whiteside.

The option of jury nullification is found ______.

What amendment to the Constitution give defendants the right to refrain from testifying at trial?

In Ballew v. Georgia (1978), the Court unanimously held the minimum number of jurors must be ______.

Those in favor of judicial independence argue that judges ought to ______ public opinion. 

The right to be present at one’s trial is based on which two amendments?

Although not specifically stated in the Constitution, which of the following is a category of victims’ rights associated with the court system?

Which of the following is a common role of state prosecutors when assisting law enforcement officers?

Evidence that is favorable to the defendant is called ______ evidence.

Which method of state judicial selection is most complicated?