Sample Questions Presented for Appellate Brief

STATEMENT OF QUESTIONS PRESENTED

1. Has the first amendment's Establishment Clause been violated by the placement of special conditions of 

probation upon the probationer wherein such special conditions require participation by the probationer in acts

 which are in direct opposition to his religious beliefs and practices?

2. Has the Free Exercise Clause of the first amendment been violated by the placement of special conditions of 

probation upon the probationer wherein such special conditions require the probationer to abstain from daily 

rituals required by his religious tenets?

3. Was an error made in imposing special conditions of probation upon the probationer wherein such special 

conditions do not relate in any way to the offense of which the probationer was convicted, the circumstances 

surrounding said offense, or probationerÕs history?

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