Most States Limit the Period of Confinement for Defendants Found

question 9

Multiple Choice

Most states limit the period of confinement for defendants found to be incompetent to somewhere between:

• A) 4 and 18 months.
• B) 2 and 3 years.
• C) 30 and 90 days.
• D) 40% to 50% of the sentence if the defendant were to be convicted.

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