What Is the Significance of the Supreme Court Case, Ford

question 3

Multiple Choice

What is the significance of the Supreme Court case, Ford v. Wainwrigh t (1986) ?

• A)It removed the right of the defendant to refuse the insanity defense when the court deemed it appropriate.
• B)It required that the police demonstrate, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a suspect fully understood his or her Miranda rights before confessing.
• C)Citing the Eighth Amendment, it prohibited the execution of mentally incompetent defendants.
• D)It provided defendants with the constitutional right to waive counsel and represent themselves at trial.

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