Jonnie Is a Defense Attorney Representing a Client Charged with Drug

question 12

Multiple Choice

Jonnie is a defense attorney representing a client charged with drug offenses. He conducts a survey in the community and discovers that residents with conservative politics are particularly unsympathetic to defendants in drug cases. He therefore decides to use his peremptory challenges during jury selection to remove from the panel prospective jurors with a history of voting for conservative political candidates. Jonnie is making use of

• A) scientific jury selection.
• B) an implicit personality theory.
• C) trial attorney intuition.
• D) jury consultants.

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Definitions:

Closely Held Corporations

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Parent-subsidiary Relationships

The connection between a parent company that controls another company (subsidiary) through ownership of a majority of voting stock or influence.

RMBCA

Stands for the Revised Model Business Corporation Act, which is a model set of laws proposed to standardize the regulation of corporations across the United States.

Adopted

Refers to the acceptance or taking on of something, such as a law, resolution, amendment, or child, as one's own.