Parallel Proceedings May Be Necessary for Which of the Following

question 38

Multiple Choice

Parallel proceedings may be necessary for which of the following reasons?

• A) It does not violate double jeopardy.
• B) It may be necessary to respond to cases that are especially serious.
• C) The defendant requests both proceedings occur at the same time to prove innocence.
• D) The judge wants to handle both cases related to an offender's crime and decides to try them simultaneously.

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Definitions:

Occurrence

An event or incident that happens or takes place.

Experiment

A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

Mutually Exclusive

Refers to events that cannot occur at the same time.

P(C)

The probability of occurrence of event C.