Criminal Law Final Exam multiple choice Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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Criminal Law Final Exam multiple choice
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
More - answerAn unwritten but generally known rule that governs serious violations of the
social code
A crime - answer"An act prohibited or an omission required by law" is our definition of:
Positive Law - answerLaw that i...
Criminal Law Final Exam multiple choice
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
More - answer✔An unwritten but generally known rule that governs serious violations of the
social code
A crime - answer✔"An act prohibited or an omission required by law" is our definition of:
Positive Law - answer✔Law that is legitimately created and enforced by governments is known
as:
Substantive Law - answer✔Criminal law that define crimes and specific punishments is known
as:
Felony - answer✔A serious crime that is generally punishable by death or incarceration for more
than on year is known as a:
Mala in se - answer✔Acts that are regarded, by tradition and convention, as in wrong in
themselves are known as:
Stare Decisis - answer✔The latin tern that means to stand by what has been decided or let the
decision stand is:
Jurisdiction - answer✔The geographic district or subject matter over which the authority of a
government body, especially a court, extends is known as:
A guilt act - answer✔Actus Reus means:
Guilty Mind - answer✔Mens Rea means:
Criminal Liability - answer✔The degree of blameworthiness assigned to a defendant by a
criminal court and the concomitant extent to which the defendant is subject to penalties by the
criminal law is called:
Knowing possession - answer✔Possession with awareness of what on possesses is known as:
Actual possession - answer✔Possession in which one has direct control over the object or objects
in question is:
Constructive possession - answer✔The ability to exercise control over property or objects, even
though they are not in one's physical custody is known as:
Mere possession - answer✔Possession in which one may or may not be aware of what he or she
possesses is:
Purposeful, knowing, reckless, negligent - answer✔The four states of mind discussed in class
were:
Causations in Fact - answer✔An actual link between an actor's conduct and a result is known as:
Legal cause - answer✔A legally recognizable cause: they type of cause that is required to be
demonstrated in court in order to hold an individual criminally liable for causing harm is known
as:
Harm - answer✔Loss, disadvantage or injury or anything so regarded by the person affected,
including loss, disadvantage or injury to any other person in whose welfare he or she is interested
is known as:
Legality - answer✔The fact that behavior cannot be criminal if no law exists that both defines it
as illegal and prescribes a punishment for it is known the principle of:
No, a confession must be corroborated - answer✔Is a confession alone enough to convict a
defendant?
Degree - answer✔The level of seriousness of an offense is known as a:
Inchoate Crime - answer✔An unfinished crime that generally leads to another crime is known as
a:
Last Act test - answer✔A legal test popular in England during the late 19th century which was
abandoned amidst charges that the test made it impossible for law enforcement to prevent
commission of a substantive crime is known as the:
Substantial steps - answer✔Lying in wait, unlawful entry of a structure with the intent to commit
a crime, possessing materials to be employed in a crime and reconnoitering a place contemplated
for the commission of a crime are examples of:
impossibility - answer✔A defense to a charge of attempted criminal activity that claims the
defendant could not have factually or legally committed the envisioned offense even if he or she
had been able to carry through the attempt to do so is the defense of:
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