Multiple Choice
A writ requesting that a person or institution detaining a named prisoner bring him or her before a judicial officer and give their reasons for detention is called ____________.
A) a writ of habeas corpus
B) a writ of corpus delicti
C) a writ of certiorari
D) a writ of replevin
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