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.

_______ has been defined by the Supreme Court as more than bare suspicion.

The history of criminal defense can be traced back to _______.

The appointment from a list of private bar members who accept cases on a judge-by-judge, court-by-court, case-by-case basis are known as _______.

________ refers to differences between groups of people based on cultural customs such as language.