Question

Prior to the eighteenth century, English law prohibited counsel from appearing in any felony criminal cases unless the court, in its discretion, permitted counsel to appear.

Answer 1

This question seems to be incomplete. However, there is enough information to find the right answer.

Answer: True

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence provided is true, not false. Up to the 1730s, English criminal procedure had been ruled by a centuries-old prohibition of defendants in felony cases being assisted by counsel at trial.

Defendants could request learned counsel under specific circumstances, but it was the judge´s decision whether or not it was necessary, and it was an unusual practice.

It was only by the eighteenth century when English judges started allowing defendants to have counsel defending them at trial.