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CRIM FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSWill, an indigent, was walking through Central Park when he decided to rob someone.
He hid behind a tree, lying in wait for a victim to approach. Shortly after, Vicky, a sixteen
year-old girl, was walking in the park when Will suddenly jumped from his hiding place
and accosted her. Although Willy only intended to rob his victim, he punched Vicky in
her head, and she fell to the ground. Will then grabbed her pocketbook and fled.
Unknown to Will, Vicky suffered a fractured skull when she fell to the ground. Vicky
subsequently died from her head injuries.
Which of the following is the most serious crime for which Will can be found guilty at
common law? - Answers -Unlawful act manslaughter.
Involuntary manslaughter.
Murder. (correct)
None of the these.
Defendant is in a parking lot in the process of stealing a car. After he manages to get
the car's door open, Defendant realizes that he dropped one of his tools further back.
Leaving the door open, Defendant runs back to get it. On the way back to the car, two
men jump out from behind another car and startled him. The men laugh at him, causing
Defendant to get angry. He returns to the car he was stealing, gets in, and runs the car
into the men wanting to badly hurt or kill them for laughing at him. One of the men one
dies.
At common law, what crimes is Defendant most likely to be convicted of? - Answers -
None of the these.
Felony-murder and battery.
Murder. (correct)
All of these are correct.
Assault, battery, murder.
A hospital patient had a heart ailment so serious that his doctors had concluded that
only a heart transplant could save his life. The doctors arranged to have the patient
flown to a bigger hospital to have the operation performed. The patient's nephew, who
stood to inherit from him, poisoned him. The poisoned produced a reaction that required
postponing the trip to the bigger hospital. The plane on which the patient was to have
flown crashed, and all aboard were killed. By the following day, the patient's heart was
so weakened by the effects of the poison that he suffered a heart attack and died.
If charged with a criminal homicide in a Model Penal Code jurisdiction, the nephew
should be found: - Answers -Not guilty, because his act did not hasten the decedent's
death, but instead prolonged it by one day.
Guilty. (correct)
None of the these.
Not guilty, because the poison was not the sole cause of the death, and the patient
would have died if he had traveled on the plane.
Not guilty, because the deceased was already suffering from a fatal illness.
,A father was terminally ill with a particularly painful form of cancer. His daughter visited
him every evening in the hospital and for several months listened to his pleas to put him
out of his misery. On her final visit, she gave her father a hug and then pulled a small
revolver from her purse. She fired a single shot at her father killing him instantly. The
daughter immediately broke down in tears and surrendered to the police. The daughter
was charged with her father's death.
What is the most serious offense of which the daughter can be convicted? - Answers -
Voluntary manslaughter.
First degree murder; defined by this jurisdiction as the premeditated and deliberate
killing of another human being. (correct)
Involuntary manslaughter.
Second degree murder; defined by this jurisdiction as any murder not classified as first
degree murder.
The defendant bought a new bow and arrow set at a local sporting goods store and
went to a public park to try it out. Based on prior experience, the defendant knew that
practicing his marksmanship at the park was a violation of park regulations and
constituted a misdemeanor. Right at the moment that the defendant fired his first arrow,
a park ranger yelled at him from a distance to "stop shooting, stupid." Perturbed that he
was caught so early, the defendant decided to fire an arrow a couple of feet above the
ranger's head. Unfortunately, the defendant's aim was slightly off, and the arrow struck
the ranger right between the eyes, killing him instantly. The defendant is charged with
homicide for the park ranger's death. At trial, the jury was given instructions on common
law murder and manslaughter.
If the jury believes the defendant's testimony that he did not intend to hit the park ranger
with the arrow, the most s - Answers -Involuntary manslaughter based on recklessness.
None of the these.
Misdemeanor manslaughter.
Voluntary manslaughter.
Murder. (correct)
Bill, a summer lifeguard at a municipal swimming pool, failed to notice that Cindy, a six-
year old child who was swimming in the crowded pool, had slipped off the flotation
devices that had been on her arms, and was drowning. Bill failed to notice this because
he was preoccupied with flirting with two young women wearing skimpy swimsuits who
were standing next to him, busy flirting with him. By the time Bill was finally alerted by
others to Cindy's distress and jumped into the water to rescue her, it was too late. Cindy
never regained consciousness.
Bill has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Cindy. His defense
counsel claims that he is not guilty of these charges, inter alia, because he committed
no criminal act. Rather, Bill simply failed to act—an omission, which is not deemed to be
culpable in criminal law.
Which of the following is most accurate in a Common Law jurisdiction? - Answers -Bill's
failure to act satisfies the actus reus element of involuntary manslaughter, but only if a
statute created a duty for lifeguards to act to save distressed swimmers.
Bill's failure to act satisfies the actus reus element of involuntary manslaughter. (correct)
, Bill's failure to act does not satisfy the actus reus element of involuntary manslaughter.
Bill's failure to act satisfies the actus reus element of involuntary manslaughter, but only
if he was related to Cindy.
None of the these.
Diana anonymously telephoned a false bomb threat to a public high school. The school
was evacuated and searched top to bottom, but, of course, nothing was found as there
was no bomb there. Diana's role in making the call was discovered when her brother
overheard her talking about it with one of her friends, and he turned her in for the
$1,000 reward money. Diana was subsequently arrested and charged with the criminal
offense of recklessly endangering another person.
In the jurisdiction where these events took place, this offense is defined as follows: "A
person is guilty of recklessly endangering another person where he or she recklessly
engages in conduct which places or may place another person in danger of death or
serious bodily injury."
Recklessness is defined in this jurisdiction the same way it is defined in the Model Penal
Code: "A person acts recklessly with respect to a material element of an offense when h
- Answers -Diana is not guilty of recklessly endangering another person because no one
was actually placed in danger of death or serious bodily injury. (correct)
Diana is guilty of recklessly endangering another person.
None of the these.
Diana is not guilty of recklessly endangering another person because she did not
consciously intend to harm anyone.
Sylvie was arrested by a local police officer for walking her dog, Trixie, in a park near
her home without Trixie being on a leash. The criminal statute under which she was
arrested provides that "[n]o dog shall be permitted except on leash within any park or
wildlife management area except in accordance with the rules and regulations
promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, and
whoever shall be the owner of any dog at large within any park or wildlife management
area, knowing that this conduct is unlawful, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
When she was arrested, Sylvie told the arresting officer that she did not know that she
needed to have Trixie on a leash. The officer responded, "I'm sorry, but that's irrelevant,
ma'am. Ignorance of the law is no defense."
Assuming that Sylvie's statement that she did not know that she needed to have Trixie
on a leash is truthful, is that a defense - Answers -Yes, but only if the statute also
includes a mens rea element of purposeful, intentional, or knowing behavior.
No, it is not a good defense.
Yes, but only if her belief was a reasonable one.
Yes, it is a good defense. (correct)
As part of her new landscaping, Rita had a wood-burning fire pit installed at the back of
her property, close to the wooden fence that separates her lot from a neighbor. On a
chilly evening in early October, she left the fire unattended and went into the house to
answer the telephone. While she was inside, a strong wind came up and suddenly
sparks from the fire pit blew onto the wooden fence. The fence caught fire, and the fire
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