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MPTC Criminal Law Exam – Questions & Verified Answers
MPTC Criminal Law Exam – Questions & Verified Answers
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MPTC Criminal Law Exam – Questions & VerifiedAnswers
Threat to commit a crime ✔️Ans - Elements:
-Communicate
-Crime
-Reasonable fear
Right of arrest: Complaint only
Sources of Criminal Law ✔️Ans - Statutes
Common law
Regulations
Six Kinds of Intent ✔️Ans - Specific Intent
Malicious
General Intent
Reckless
Negligent
Strict Liability
Three Rights of Arrest ✔️Ans - Arrest Warrant
Warrantless Arrest
Complaint Application
Three ways an officer can arrest on misdemeanor ✔️Ans - Statute Past
Statute Present
Breach & Present
Statute of limitations for murder ✔️Ans - No limit
Statute of limitations for child sexual offenses ✔️Ans - 27 years, or no
limit if independent evidence is found that corroborates victim's story
Statute of limitations for adult sexual offenses ✔️Ans - 15 years
Statute of limitations for robbery & incest ✔️Ans - 10 years
,Most other offenses ✔️Ans - 6 years
Statute of limitations if victim was under 16 at time of crime ✔️Ans -
Period does not begin until victim reaches age of 16, or violation is
reported to LE, whichever happens first
Statute of limitations for prostitution ✔️Ans - 1 year
Accomplice ✔️Ans - Elements:
-Intentional Participation
-Criminal Mindset
Right of arrest: depends on crime
Penalty:
-Exactly the same as principal
Accessory after the fact ✔️Ans - Elements:
-Knowledge of felony
-Assist
-Felon
-Intent to avoid arrest
Right of Arrest: Felony
Attempt to commit a crime ✔️Ans - Elements:
-Specific Intent
-Overt Act
-Failure
Right of Arrest:
-felony if attempt is felony punishable by at least 5 years
-complaint if attempt is felony punishable by less than 5 years or any
misdemeanor
-warrantless arrest in presence if attempt involves any larceny
Conspiracy ✔️Ans - Element:
-agreement between two or more people to do something unlawful
,Right of Arrest:
-if conspiring to commit felony: felony
-if conspiring to commit misdemeanor: complaint
Solicitation of a felony ✔️Ans - Elements:
-solicit
-intent
Right of arrest:
-never been decided, get a warrant
Extortion ✔️Ans - Elements:
-Communication
-Suspect maliciously intended to accuse another of a crime, injure the
person or property of another, or use power invested in suspect against
another
-Intent to get something
Right of arrest: felony
Assault ✔️Ans - Elements:
-Attempted Battery, or
-Threatened Battery
Right of Arrest: arrest for breach in presence, complaint if not
Assault by Dangerous Weapon ✔️Ans - Elements:
-Assault
-Dangerous weapon
Right of arrest: felony
Assault and Battery ✔️Ans - Elements:
Intentional
-Intentionally touched
-Without having the right
-Cause physical harm or person did not consent
Reckless
, -Suspect engaged in reckless conduct
-Caused bodily harm to another
Right of arrest:
-arrest for breach in present, complaint if not
-certain factors make it a felony
A&B by Dangerous Weapon ✔️Ans - Elements:
-A&B
-Dangerous weapon
Right of arrest: felony
Mayhem ✔️Ans - Elements:
Specific Acts
-Suspect maliciously intended to maim or disfigure, and committed cutting
out or maimed the tongue; put or destroyed an eye; cut or tore off an ear;
cut, slit or mutilated the nose or lip; or cut off or disabled a limb or
member of the victim
Dangerous substance or weapon
-Suspect maliciously intended to maim or disfigure, and assaulted the
victim with dangerous weapon or substance, and disfigured, crippled, or
inflicted serious or permanent physical injury
Privy
-suspect was privy to someone else's intent to maim
Right of arrest: felony
A&B on a Public Employee ✔️Ans - Elements:
-A&B
-Public Employee
-Duty
Right of Arrest:
-Arrest for breach in presence, complaint if not
-Felony if attempt to disarm police officer
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