The Death of a Defendant That Makes It Unnecessary for an Appellate

question 39

True/False

The death of a defendant that makes it unnecessary for an appellate court to decide an appeal is an example of a moot case.

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Definitions:

Distinctive

Having a quality or characteristic that makes something easily identifiable and sets it apart from others.

Mood-dependent Memory Effect

The phenomenon where an individual's current mood affects the recall of memories congruent with that mood.

State-Dependent Learning

The phenomenon that recall is easier when the pharmacological state of the person at recall matches his or her pharmacological state during encoding.

Retrieval Processes

The cognitive operations involved in bringing stored information back into consciousness or into active use.