Penal Code FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Penal Code FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Trafficking of Persons - CORRECT ANSWER- If the person knowingly traffics another
person with the intent that the trafficked person engage in forced labor or services
Or receives a benefit from participating in a venture that ...
Penal Code FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Trafficking of Persons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- If the person knowingly traffics another
person with the intent that the trafficked person engage in forced labor or services
Or receives a benefit from participating in a venture that involves such activity
Traffics another person and, through force, fraud or coercion, causes the trafficked person to
engage in conduct prohibited by prostitution-type offenses.
Felony in the second degree
Felony in the first degree if...
- Traffics a child (17 or younger) or
- Receives a benefit from the trafficking of a child
Conduct does not constitute an offense unless it is specifically defined by... - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Statute
Municipal ordinance
Order of a county commissioner's court
Benefit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Anything reasonably regarded as economic gain or
advantage.
Coercion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A threat to commit an offense, inflict bodily injury or
expose a person to hatred.
Conduct - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An act or omission and its accompanying mental state
Effective Consent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Consent given by someone who is legally
authorized to act for the owner.
,Consent is not effective if
-Induced by force, threat, or fraud
-Given by a person the actor knows is not legally authorized to act for the owner
-Given by a person who by reason of youth, mental disease, or intoxication is known by the
actor to be unable to make reasonable decisions.
-Given solely to detect the commission of an offense.
Elements of an Offense - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The forbidden conduct
The required culpability
Any required result
The negation of any exception to the offense
Felony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An offense punishable by death or confinement in a
penitentiary
Misdemeanor - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An offense punishable by fine, confinement in
jail, or both
Official Proceeding - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Any type of administrative, executive,
legislative, or judicial proceeding that may be conducted before a public servant.
Omission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Failure to act
Unlawful - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Criminal, tortious, or both.
CRIMINAL EPISODE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The commission of two or more
offenses
-The offenses are committed pursuant to the same transaction or pursuant to two or more
transactions that follow a common scheme
-Or the offenses are the repeated commission of the same or similar offenses.
, CONSOLIDATION AND JOINDER OF PROSECUTIONS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
The defendant may be prosecuted in a single criminal action for all offenses arising out of the
same criminal episode
SEVERANCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Whenever two or more offenses have been
consolidated, the defendant shall have the right to the severance of his charges (Have multiple
different trials for each charge).
However, the defendant is no longer protected by concurrent sentencing and the judge may
sentence them consecutively.
Age Affecting Criminal Responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Cannot be prosecuted
for any offense that was committed when the person was younger than 15.
Some offenses can be charged, but they must be over 10 years old.
Class A Misdemeanor Punishment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- $4,000, One year in jail
Class B Misdemeanor Punishment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- $2,000, 180 Days in jail
Class C Misdemeanor Punishment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- $500 fine
An offense that only states "Misdemeanor" without specification as to which level, will be
considered a Class C Misdemeanor.
Capital Felony Punishments - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Life, if the individual committed
the offense when younger than 18 years old.
Life without parole, if the individual committed the offense when they were older than 18
years old.
Death penalty
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