At Common Law What Age Group Has Rebuttable Presumption of Incompetence

question 9

Multiple Choice

At common law what age group has rebuttable presumption of incompetence in adult criminal court?

• A) children under the age of seven
• B) children between the ages of seven and fourteen
• C) children between fourteen and eighteen
• D) No age group has such a presumption.

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Definitions:

Integration

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