Author Question: Arab Americans comprise about _____ percent of the U.S. population. a. two c. four b. three d. ... (Read 111 times)

Shelles · **on:** Aug 12, 2018

Arab Americans comprise about _____ percent of the U.S. population.

a. two c. four
b. three d. five

Question 2

Identify, define, and explain the two prongs of SCOTUS's test of effective counsel, as adopted in Strickland v. Washington.

What will be an ideal response?

abctaiwan · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 12, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

In Strickland v. Washington, SCOTUS adopted a two-prong test to decide whether counsel has provided effective assistance in a criminal case. Under the first prong, called the reasonableness prong, the defendant has to prove that the lawyer's performance wasn't reasonably competentthe lawyer was so deficient that he or she was not functioning as the counsel' guaranteed the defendant by the Sixth Amendment.. This is judged by looking at the totality of facts and circumstances surrounding the trial and the lawyer's performance.

If the defendant first proves that a lawyer's performance was unreasonable, the defendant must still meet a second prong, called the prejudice prong. Under this part of the test, the defendant has to prove that the lawyer's incompetence was probably responsible for the defendant's conviction.