Which ONE of the Following Statements Is INCORRECT

question 61

Multiple Choice

Which ONE of the following statements is INCORRECT?

• A) Where an error at a criminal trial involves provisions of the federal constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court has said that appellate courts must find beyond a reasonable doubt that the error was harmless if the court is to affirm the trial court.
• B) The constitutional proscription of double jeopardy prevents appeals by the prosecutor of pretrial orders.
• C) The U.S. Supreme Court has said that states must provide legal counsel to indigent persons convicted of felonies who exercise their statutory right to appeal.
• D) Appellate courts perform dual functions in the criminal process: error correction and lawmaking.

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Definitions:

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of these numbers by the count of the numbers.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values in the data set differ from the mean.

Standard Normal Random Variable

A random variable with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1 under the normal distribution.

Probability

Refers to the degree of certainty associated with the occurrence of a specific outcome in a random event.