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).
1 A slug is basically a muscular foot, and the name âgastropodâ literally means stomach foot. 2  Unlike snails that hibernate during winter, slugs are active whenever the temperature is above 5Â°C. 3  A slug is essentially a snail without a shell.  Slugs used to live in the ocean, which is why they still need to keep moist.