1. Before a court is permitted to allow a criminal defendant to stand trial‚ plead guilty‚ or waive constitutional rights‚ the court must be satisfied that the defendant is competent to engage in any of these activities. What is meant by competency? Describe the legal standard for determining competency to stand trial and waive rights in a criminal case. When the court mentions the word competency‚ they mean that the defendant should be able to understand the court system enough to be able
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types of friendships that can be obtained- the friendship of pleasure‚ the friendship of utility and the friendship of good. The friendship of pleasure is a relationship based on the simple enjoyment of being around a particular person; the friendship of utility is a relationship based on convenience. In other words‚ this friendship has no real meaning behind it‚ other than this person is around this person frequently‚ so they might as well be friends. Lastly‚ the third category of friendship is that
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Friendship is essential to living a fulfilling life. To find a good friend is like finding buried treasure at the bottom of the ocean. Or a needle in a haystack. Many of us‚ like Amir‚ take friendship for granted. We don’t realize what we have until it’s too late. The common characteristics of a “perfect friend” is to be loyal‚ kind‚ honest‚ and supportive. Hassan was every single one of these qualities to Amir‚ and he knew it. Hassan did everything for Amir‚ he cares about him more than anyone
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HPD 111 – PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGLISH OUTLINE TOPIC: Friends and friendship. OUTLINE Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about who are friend‚ and what is friendship. Central Idea: friends are people whom will always be at your side whenever you need to express or share your feeling and do some activities with them. Introduction I. It was a few years ago when I saw a group of teenagers do some bully to a teenager. However‚ that teenager didn’t report their activities to police
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You may have been told that it is important to make your business‚ branding or your personality stand out‚ but do you really know what this term means? The term “stand out” actually originates from the year 1898 when a group of workers decided to stand out or go on strike. Today the term is associated with making yourself‚ or something‚ stand apart from others. In other words to distinguish yourself differently from those around you. Of course standing out from other people is not that easy to
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The "Stand Your Ground" statute states that “a person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force‚ including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony” (Sherman). Many people will say that
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just can’t seem to get away from one particular friend. Although there are many instances of this ‘friendship’ being crooked‚ she just can’t seem to stay away‚ and this confusing yet somehow touching truth is shown in the novel when Lainey is thinking to herself‚ “I hate Jake’s guts‚ but somehow the fact that everybody gangs up on him and thinks that he’ll get help in the place that damaged him makes me want to beat
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In John Steinbecks book‚ Of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck puts great emphasis on the theme of friendship. He demonstrates its importance and shows us the greatness in it. Friendship is something everyone should have‚ yet some take it for granted. In the book George and Lennie demonstrate this friendship and Steinbeck uses them to get this theme across. In one instance George and Lennie are at a campfire eating‚ and Lennie wishes he had some ketchup. George get frustrated with Lennie because hes always
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On Saturday‚ the Stand Up To Cancer (a cancer-fighting initiative) honored award-winning journalist Katie Couric for her dedication to cancer advocacy. The Stand Up To Cancer event was organized by Jim Toth and Reese Witherspoon‚ along with MasterCard President and CEO Ajay Banga and his wife Ritu. PRN NewsWire claimed that the Stand Up to Cancer event featured special performances by the American actor‚ singer‚ and comedian Jamie Foxx‚ the music legend Tony Bennett‚ singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow
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Unlikely Friendships Recently‚ I have taken into account certain relationships in my life and how much they affect and mean to me. One relationship in particular has greatly affected me. My parent’s two black Labrador Retrievers‚ Mookie‚ who is thirteen and Mya‚ who is eleven‚ (91 and 77 in human years) whose time on this earth is limited. While they are both not my pets‚ I cherish them both. As I’ve grown‚ I’ve been wondering about how life will be when they are not around. They came
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