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Preguntas del test (23)
1Which of the following is not procedural defense?
- AEntrapment
- BProsecutorial misconduct
- CDouble jeopardy
- DAlibi
2To avoid claims of entrapment police officers must not engage in an activity that would improperly induce a person to commit a a crime.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
3Mens rea is the element of crime that means guilty mind.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
4A woman is accused of murdering her brother. She claims that she stabbed her brother to release the evil spirits within his body. the excuse defense that would most likely be used at her trial is Insanity.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
5Excuse defenses include which of the following:
- AConsent
- BDuress
- CNecessity
- DDouble jeopardy
6Which of the following is a procedural defense?
- AMistake
- BInvoluntary intoxication
- CDouble jeopardy
- DAge
7Statutory Law is type of law is enacted by a government body or agency having the power to make law .
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
8Jurisprudence is the philosophy of law.
- AVerdadero
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9The principle of recognizing previous decisions as precedents to guide future deliberations is called STARE DECISIS
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
10MISDEMEANORS are generally more serious than OFFENSES but less serious than FELONIES
- AVerdadero
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11The crime that best describes an attempt to overthrow the government of the society of which one is a member is called TREASON
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
12The term that best describes an offense not yet completed is INCHOATE.
- AVerdadero
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13MENS REA is most clearly present when a person acts purposefully and knowingly.
- AVerdadero
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14SELF-DEFENSE is the type of defense used when a defense attorney claims that the defendant's actions were necessary to ensure his/her safety.
- AVerdadero
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15INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL is when the defendant is incapable of understanding the nature of charges and proceedings.
- AVerdadero
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16The supreme court that states that prisoners who become insane while incarcerated cannot be executed is FORD VS. WAINWRIGHT.
- AVerdadero
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17The 6th amendment guarantees the right to a speedy & public trial and the right to an attorney.
- AVerdadero
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18The constitution prohibits the enactment of EX POST FACTO laws which make acts committed before the laws in question were passed punishable as crimes.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
19The body of rules and regulations that define and specify the nature of punishments for offenses of a public nature for wrongs committed against the state or society is called Criminal law
- AVerdadero
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20The legal principle that ensures that previous judicial decisions are authoritatively considered and incorporated into future cases is called PRECEDENT
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
21A criminal offense that is punishable by death or by incarceration in a prison facility for at least a year is called FELONY
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
22A minor violation of the criminal law sometimes described as a ticket-able is called OFFENSE
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
23An activity that INCREASES the risk of harm is called RECKLESS
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
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- Test sobre Sin título, creado por gonzalezkatia1 el 19/03/2015.
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