Which of the following cases involves being an accessory-after-the-fact?
a. Bailey v. U.S.
b. Backun v. U.S. (1940)
c. U.S. v. Peoni (1938)
d. State v. Chism (1983)
What is the name of a scheme in which schemers tell investors they”re buying assets
like real estate, stocks and bonds, or consumer products when in fact, they”re buying
nothing?
a. Ponzi schemes
b. Stewart schemes
c. Nanz schemes
d. Tendrick schemes
Those crimes requiring a criminal act triggered by criminal intent are
a. result crimes.
b. conduct crimes.
c. intentional crimes.
d. felonies.
Which test asks whether defendants have come “dangerously close” to completing the
crime?
a. the indispensable element test
b. dangerous proximity to success test
c. the unequivocality test
d. the probable desistance test
The crime of theft grew out of the general social concern with
a. violent crime against persons
b. misbehavior by juveniles
c. sexual assaults against persons
d. arson against persons
Shania was born and raised in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. After growing up she travelled
the world for a couple of years before returning home to live. During her time abroad
Shania became disgruntled with the politics of the United States. She converted to
Islam, joined a designated foreign terrorist organization based in Iraq and, upon return
to her home, she began sending money to that organization and plotting violent ways to
overthrow the United States government.
What name is given to persons like Shania?
a. “homegrown” terrorists.
b. “homefed” terrorists.
c. “vagrant” terrorists.
d. “positional” terrorists.
In medieval times, who had the power to try and punish crimes against morals?
a. government
b. king
c. ecclesiastical courts
d. monarch
The guilty mind in conspiracy isn”t clearly defined in modern legislation, and courts
have taken imprecise, widely divergent, and inconsistent approaches to the
a. mens rea problem.
b. actus reus problem.
c. conspiracy problem.
d. solicitation problem.
What article of the U.S. Constitution bans ex post facto laws?
a. Article One
b. Article Two
c. Article Three
d. The U.S. Constitution does not ban ex post facto laws
Lyle and Don live in Houston, Texas. Don wants to buy a set of Bose speakers. Lyle
tells Don he knows a guy named John who has brand name cheap electronics, but they
may be stolen. He tells Don that he got his flat screen television from John a few
months ago at a great deal. Don gives Lyle some money. John delivers the speakers
directly to Don the following day.
What criminal title is given to people who do what John does?
a. identity theft.
b. fencing.
c. criminal mischief.
d. cybercrime.
What term is about holding an actor criminally accountable for the results of her
conduct?
a. concurrence
b. causation
c. factual causation
d. practical causation
Terrance robs a convenience store with a gun. While exiting the convenience store a
customer grabs him from behind and attempts to take the gun from him. The gun fires
and kills the customer behind Terrance.
According to the felony murder rule doctrine, deaths that occur during the commission
of another felony are murders
a. even if they are unintentional.
b. because they are unintentional.
c. only if they are unintentional.
d. none of these answers is correct.
Which of the following refers to an offense that is inherently evil?
a. mala in se
b. mala prohibitum
c. actus reus
d. mens rea
How many mental states are there in the Model Penal Code?
a. three
b. four
c. five
d. Six
The modern right to use force against those unlawfully entering the person’s home
generally
a. does not include defense of the cartilage.
b. does not include deadly force.
c. applies only to nighttime intrusions.
d. requires that the intruder specifically threaten the occupants of the home.
Everything the revolutionaries who wrote the U.S. Constitution did to further the
interests of the colonies was done under threat of prosecution for
a. treason.
b. sedition.
c. espionage.
d. sabotage.
Insanity excuses criminal liability
a. when the defendant is found to be mentally ill.
b. when the defendant had diminished capacity.
c. when it seriously damages defendants’ capacity to control their acts
d. when the defendant was incompetent.
Tammy is an unemployed probationer. Her probation officer has noted several times
that she has been seen in the company of three girlfriends at a local park. She has a long
record of convictions for various misdemeanor and felony crimes. Tammy is sentenced
to 3 years in prison based on the following statute: “Any person not engaged in any
lawful occupation, known to be a member of any gang consisting of two or more
persons, who has been convicted at least three times of being a disorderly person, or
who has been convicted of any crime, in this or in any other State, is declared to be a
gangster.”
Tammy’s conviction is overturned based on the
a. ex-post facto doctrine
b. void-for-vagueness doctrine
c. habeas doctrine
d. felony failure doctrine
Julio is sleeping on the couch in his living room when his wife arrives home from work.
He is having a nightmare in which a man is trying to kill him. His wife bends towards
him on the couch to give him a hug and a kiss. Julio strangles his wife thinking she is
the man in the dream.
Julio is not guilty because of what missing element?
a. a voluntary act
b. a criminal harm
c. a bad result
d. a circumstantial element
In Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc., et al. (1991), the Supreme Court ruled that a state law
banning totally nude dancing in public was
a. constitutional because it banned only totally nude dancing.
b. unconstitutional because nude dancing is expressive conduct.
c. unconstitutional because it infringes on free speech.
d. constitutional because it furthers a substantial government interest in protecting order
and morality.
Joseph owns his own car maintenance shop. He has been in business for twenty years
and has done quite well. Edward opens a car maintenance shop across the street from
Joseph. Joseph loses a large number of customers to Edward. Joseph decides to
eliminate the competition and hires a man to murder Edward for the sum of $5,000.
What crime has Joseph committed?
a. attempted murder.
b. conspiracy to commit murder.
c. soliciting murder.
d. Joseph has not committed any crime.
Under the common law, accessories-after-the-fact were
a. punished less severely than the person who committed the crime.
b. punished more severely than the person who committed the crime.
c. punished in the same manner as the person who committed the crime.
d. not punished because they were considered not guilty.
Julie goes to see a doctor because she is experiencing pain in her uterus. After
examining her, the doctor tells her that she has advanced uterine cancer. The traditional
treatment is painful and expensive, the doctor tells her, but there is a new, experimental
treatment that has been shown to be very effective. He tells her he has been injected
with a serum that will cure her cancer but she must have sex with him to be cured. Julie
has sex with the doctor.
In the situation between Julie and the doctor what crime was committed?
a. rape.
b. kidnapping.
c. domestic violence.
d. fraud.
Yule and Theresa attend the same community college and have taken several courses
together over the past few semesters. Yule approaches Theresa and asks her if she
would mind helping him study for a final exam in a course they are currently taking.
Theresa agrees and accompanies him to his apartment after class. They spend several
hours studying. During break Yule attempts to kiss Theresa and she rejects him. He
pulls her into his bedroom while she is protesting that she does not want a romantic
relationship with him. Yule throws her on the bed, pushes her skirts up and pushes his
penis into her vagina. Theresa continues to protest and tries to push him off of her. After
he ejaculates Theresa runs from the apartment.
What crime has Yule committed against Theresa?
a. simple rape.
b. aggravated rape.
c. unarmed acquaintance rape.
d. domestic violence.
Courts began striking down vagrancy and loitering laws because they violated what
doctrine?
a. void for overbreadth
b. ex post facto law
c. bill of attainder
d. void for vagueness
Force beyond that required to complete sexual penetration or contact is
a. not always required to satisfy the force requirement in rape.
b. always required to satisfy the force requirement in rape.
c. never required to satisfy the force requirement in rape.
d. required to satisfy the force requirement in rape ninety percent of the time.
Tory was fifteen years old when he intentionally pushed another high school student in
front of a car, killing him. Tory stated in court that he wanted to kill someone and
picked his victim at random. Tory has an extensive record of antisocial behavior and
was sentenced to life-without possibility of parole. Tory appealed the sentence but the
appeal was unsuccessful.
Tory’s failed appeal is most like what U.S. Supreme Court case?
a. State v. Ninham (2011)
b. Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
c. Apprendi v. New Jersey (2000)
d. Gall v. U.S. (2007)
Why is rape considered to be such a serious crime?
a. rape violates intimacy and autonomy.
b. rape violates intimacy.
c. rape violates autonomy.
d. rape violates women.
What are the names of the two kinds of cause required to prove causation in “bad
result” crimes?
a. factual cause and legal cause
b. legal cause and proximate cause
c. factual and “but for” cause
d. legal cause and negligent cause
Most of the debate regarding three-strikes law centers on
a. deterrence
b. incapacitation
c. rehabilitation
d. none of these answers is correct
Vincent is awoken in the middle of the night by a sound outside his house. He takes a
loaded .38 pistol from his nightstand and proceeds downstairs to his kitchen to check on
the noise. He encounters a stranger in his kitchen. The stranger hits him in the face
knocking him to the floor. As he gets up his see the man running out his kitchen door.
Vincent shoots the man through the kitchen door.
Why is Vincent not justified in shooting the man?
a. the castle exception requires that you reasonably believe the attack threatens death or
serious bodily injury
b. the castle exception does not include curtilage
c. the stand-your-ground rule does not include curtilage
d. the stand-your-ground requires that you reasonably believe the attack threatens death
or serious bodily injury
Probably the most publicized corporate murder case involved the deaths of three young
women who were killed on an Indiana highway in 1978 when what car exploded?
a. Ford Pinto.
b. Ford Fiesta.
c. Ford Ranger.
d. Ford Fairlane.
Tony is playing basketball with some friends. A stranger walks onto the basketball court
and pulls out a gun. The stranger tells Tony to take all of his friend’s money and give it
to him or he will shoot him. Tony takes the wallets from his friend’s and gives the
stranger their money.
What would prevent Tony from being charged with a crime?
a. the defense of duress.
b. the defense of consent.
c. the defense of insanity.
d. the defense of diminished capacity.
Evidence that doesn”t amount to a perfect defense might amount to an imperfect
defense; that is, defendants are
a. committed to a mental hospital.
b. entitled to an acquittal.
c. entitled to a sentence reduction.
d. guilty of lesser offenses.
Which of the following is an obstacle to proving the PMS defense?
a. defendants have to prove that PMS is a disease
b. the defendant has to suffer from PMS
c. the PMS has to cause the mental impairment that excuses the conduct
d. all of these answers are obstacles to proving the PMS defense