MPTC CRIMINAL LAW EXAM LATEST 2024-2025
COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
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Q: Crimes against the public are considered harmful to society because - ANSWER-they
interfere with social order or violate common morals, values, norms or customs of decency
Q: The victim for most crimes against the public is - ANSWER-the public at large
Q: Common crimes against the public include - ANSWER-• gambling
• prostitution
• disorderly conduct
• weapons offenses
• drug and alcohol crimes
Q: three types of perjury - ANSWER-false statements, inconsistent statements and false
statement in a document
Q: (1) a public employee may never, with corrupt intent;
(2) ask, demand or agree to receive anything of value;
(3) in exchange for an official favor, fraud on a public agency or promising to take any action or
official inaction - ANSWER-accepting a bribe
Q: a direct or indirect offer to provide something of value for official action or inaction.
Commonwealth v. Qualter, 19 Mass. App. Ct. 970 (1985) - ANSWER-corrupt intent
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Q: directly links a person to a crime and without the need of any additional evidence or
inference.
For example, a video recording of offender robbing the convenience store while holding a gun. -
ANSWER-direct evidence
Q: relies on an inference to connect a conclusion of fact - ANSWER-Circumstantial evidence
Q: tangible and may be direct or circumstantial
includes objects, property or items seized at crime scenes or during searches - ANSWER-
physical evidence
Q: evidence that may be direct or circumstantial. It includes first-hand statements made by
victims, witnesses, suspects or police. - ANSWER-testimonial evidence
Q: Examples of testimonial evidence can include - ANSWER-• statements made directly to
police
• spontaneous utterances overheard by witnesses
• written statements
• interview and interrogation recordings
Q: when a victim, suspect or witness makes a statement about what he or she saw, heard or
felt "firsthand" using his or her own senses. - ANSWER-Direct (Testimonial) Evidence
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Q: evidence that suggests other facts from which reasonable inferences can be drawn. -
ANSWER-circumstantial testimonial evidence
Q: "second-hand" knowledge repeated about what another person said about what he or she
saw, heard or felt. - ANSWER-hearsay testimony
Q: Generally, a witness cannot testify in court about what another person told him, but there
are several exceptions to the rule against hearsay. The most common hearsay exception is a -
ANSWER-spontaneous (or excited) utterance.
Q: out-of-court statements uttered during the heat of the moment while under stress or
excitement.
These negate premeditation or fabrication and tend to qualify, characterize, or explain an
underlying event. - ANSWER-Spontaneous utterances
Q: If the spontaneous utterance hearsay exception applies, an officer could - ANSWER-testify
about what the witness said to him or her, even if the witness did not testify at trial.
Q: refers to evidence and/or statements which tend to clear, justify or excuse a defendant from
alleged fault or guilt. Police and prosecutors are obligated to disclose this evidence to the
defense. - ANSWER-exculpatory evidence
Q: For evidence to be admissible in court, it must be - ANSWER-relevant and reliable
Q: evidence is ______________ if it has any tendency to make a fact more or less probable than
it would be without the evidence - ANSWER-relevant
Q: The concept of relevancy has two components which are - ANSWER-(1) Evidence must tend
to prove or disprove a particular fact, and
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(2) The particular fact must be material to an issue of consequence in the case
Q: means the evidence has not been tampered with and in substantially the same condition as
evidence originally seized by police when presented in court - ANSWER-reliability
Q: To prevent loss, destruction, tampering and contamination, physical evidence must be
collected and packaged properly using a reliable - ANSWER-chain of custody
Q: Best practices for chain-of-custody include documenting - ANSWER-(1) Date, time and
location evidence was seized
(2) Name of officer who seized evidence
(3) All dates and times evidence were received or transferred to another person
(4) Names of all people who came in contact with evidence
(5) Full description of evidence for positive identification
Q: A reliable chain-of-custody shows - ANSWER-every person who came in direct contact with
the evidence, either through collection, storage or analysis
Q: illegal acts that violate Massachusetts General Laws - ANSWER-Crimes
Q: crimes that are "wrong or evil in itself," overtly harmful to people, immoral or inherently
wrong by nature. - ANSWER-Mala in se
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