P.O.S.T (Police Officer) TEST #1 LD 5,15,16,20,39 Updated Question and Answers [100% Correct] 2024/2025 Latest Release
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P.O.S.T (Police Officer) TEST #1 LD
5,15,16,20,39 Updated Question and Answers
[100% Correct] 2024/2025 Latest Release
What are the three origins of law?
Constitutional, statutory, and case law
What is Constitutional Law?
Regulations and provisions located in both federal and stat...
P.O.S.T (Police Officer) TEST #1 LD
5,15,16,20,39 Updated Question and Answers
[100% Correct] 2024/2025 Latest Release
What are the three origins of law?
Constitutional, statutory, and case law
What is Constitutional Law?
Regulations and provisions located in both federal and state constitutions
What is Statutory Law?
Laws that are formally written and enacted by a legislative authority
What is Case Law?
Prior appellate court rulings that establish binding precedents for lower courts
What is the primary purpose of law?
To interpret the constitution and clarify statutes
What does "Letter of the Law" refer to?
The law is applied strictly based on the literal interpretation of the statute, allowing no room for
interpretation
What does "Spirit of the Law" mean?
The law is enforced according to the legislature's intent, emphasizing fairness and justice, rather
than only following the exact wording of the statute
What is Criminal Law?
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, Infringements of criminal statutes
What is Civil Law?
Non-criminal violations of the law or private wrongs between individuals (these civil wrongs are
known as torts)
What constitutes a Tort by Omission?
Failure to act or negligence can also constitute a tort if it breaches a legal duty owed to another
individual
What does PC 15 define?
Defines a crime or public offense
What are the penalties for violations under PC 15?
Death
Imprisonment
Fine
Removal from office
Disqualification from holding and enjoying any office of honor, trust, or profit in CA
What are the Elements of a Crime?
The essential facts that must be established by the prosecution to achieve a conviction
What is Intent in legal terms?
A mental condition or mindset indicating that the individual knowingly committed the specific
crime
What is Transferred Intent?
When an unlawful act impacts a person other than the one it was initially intended to affect
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, What is Criminal Negligence?
An act of negligence that is severe or reckless, showing indifference to the resulting consequences
How are Attempt Crimes Not Defined in Penal Codes charged?
Charged under the general provisions of 664 PC (attempts) and the penal code related to the
attempted crime
Give an example of an attempted crime under the penal codes.
Example: 664 PC and 459 PC = attempted burglary
What are the elements of an attempted crime?
An intention to commit the crime
A direct, yet ineffective act taken toward its execution
What elements are basic to every crime?
Engaging in a prohibited act, or failing to perform a required act
Existence of a specific mental state (intent)
What are the three crime categories?
Felonies, Misdemeanors, and Infractions
What defines a Felony?
A serious crime punishable by a fine, imprisonment in a state prison, death, or removal from
office
What is defined as a Misdemeanor?
A crime of lesser severity than a felony, punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment in a county jail
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