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).
This vegetable diet is all the Californian Black Sea Hare needs to reach almost a metre (3.3 feet) long when fully extended. That makes it the biggest slug in the world, and a strong contender for biggest of all gastropods. Others are a little more humble in size, some as tiny as 2 cm (an inch) long.