25 The Court first used the phrase critical stage in connection with the right to counsel in Parkerv. Illinois, 333 U.S. 571, 575 (1948), and first specified that counsel must be provided to a defendant ata critical stage of a criminal prosecution in Hamilton v. Alabama, 368 U.S. 52, 54-55 (1961).
01 December 1978. The largest known land gastropod is the African giant snail Achatina achatina, the largest recorded specimen of which measured 39.3 cm (15.5 in) from snout to tail when fully extended, with a shell length of 27.3 cm (10.75 in) in December 1978. It weighed exactly 900 g (2 lb).
The American cockroach is the largest and most frequently encountered common species, growing to a length of 1 1/2 to 2 inches. This species is also referred to as the sewer roach. It is reddish-brown with a light yellow band around the edge of the head shield.