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 African Giant Snail â The Largest Snail On Earth. The African giant snail, also called as the giant tiger land snail, is the largest snail from its family. The Giant Ghana snail is native to the forest of Ghana, Africa. Those snails are hermaphrodites, like almost all pulmonate gastropods. The shells of these snails grow s to 18 centimeters of length with a diameter of 9 centimeters, however, there are also bigger examples.