Deck 8: Criminal Homicide

Question 1

Dr. Jack Kevorkian was prosecuted for violating _________ law banning assisted suicide.

A) California
B) North Dakota
C) Florida
D) Michigan

Answer 1

D

Question 2

There are many different types of criminal homicide.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Homicide is the only crime for which an individual may receive the death penalty.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The majority of murder victims and offenders are men between the ages of

A) 12-17
B) 18-35
C) 36-42
D) 43 and above

Question 5

A disproportionate percentage of victims and offenders are of which of the following races?

A) African American
B) Asian American
C) White
D) Hispanic

Question 6

From 2002 to 2011, the average homicide rate for males was ______ times higher than the rate for females.

A) 1.2
B) 3.6
C) 7.1
D) 9.5

Question 7

From 2002 to 2011, the average homicide rate for blacks was ______ times higher than the rate for whites.

A) 2.5
B) 4.8
C) 6.3
D) 9.1

Question 8

Explain the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA).

Question 9

A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted judicial standards.

Question 10

Explain the year and a day rule.

Question 11

The Model Penal Code definition states that a human being means a person who is has been born and is alive.

Question 12

California is an example of state that expanded the definition of murder to include fetuses.

Question 13

Scott Peterson was sentenced to which of the following for the murder of his wife and unborn child?

A) 15-25 years in prison with the possibility for parole
B) 25-45 years in prison without the possibility for parole
C) 45-75 years in prison without the possibility for parole
D) Death penalty

Question 14

Some forms of homicide are considered to be more serious than others.

Question 15

Manslaughter is the most serious type of homicide and is punished more severely than murder.

Question 16

At common law, murder was defined as the killing of a human being with malice aforethought.

Question 17

The root of the word malice is from the _______ "mal."

A) Spanish
B) Latin
C) French
D) Roman

Question 18

Malice means bad or evil.

Question 19

Malice aforethought has a very specific definition.

Question 20

What is manslaughter?

Question 21

Which of the following are considered to be the various types of manslaughter degrees?

A) Voluntary manslaughter
B) Differentiate manslaughter
C) Voluntary manslaughter
D) All of the above

Question 22

Second degree unintentional murder is also referred to as depraved heart murder.

Question 23

Which of the following types of homicide falls under second-degree murder?

A) Involuntary
B) Voluntary
C) Extreme recklessness
D) Felony murder

Question 24

The definitions for manslaughter vary from state to state.

Question 25

An intentional killing with premeditation and deliberation is considered the most serious.

Question 26

__________ involves thinking about the killing in advance.

A) Deliberation
B) Recklessness
C) Premeditation
D) Manslaughter

Question 27

___________ involves making a decision after reflection, or turning the idea over in one's mind.

A) Manslaughter
B) Deliberation
C) Recklessness
D) Premeditation

Question 28

Deliberation is thinking about the killing; Premeditation is choosing what to do with it.

Question 29

First degree premeditated murder is often referred to as "in cold bold."

Question 30

Jurors sometimes return verdicts of ____________ intentional murder in cases where the evidence of premeditation is weak or where jurors cannot agree on the issue.

A) First degree
B) Second degree
C) Voluntary manslaughter
D) Involuntary manslaughter

Question 31

Give of an example as to why juries compromise on verdicts of second degree murder?

Question 32

The George Huguely case illustrates how prosecutors have difficulty proving premeditation in which of the following types of homicides?

A) First degree
B) Second degree
C) Voluntary manslaughter
D) Involuntary manslaughter

Question 33

George Huguely was charged with which of the following crimes?

A) Felony murder
B) Robbery
C) Burglary
D) Grand larceny
E) All of the above

Question 34

The two types of manslaughter are heat of passion and imperfect self-defense.

Question 35

When does imperfect self-defense occur?

Question 36

Which of the following behaviors were recognized as constituting adequate provocation sufficient to reduce murder to manslaughter?

A) Aggravated assault or battery
B) Mutual combat
C) A man catching his wife in the act of sexual intercourse with another man
D) All of the above

Question 37

Mere words are never sufficient to reduce a killing to manslaughter.

Question 38

There is a _____ part test that is invoked for voluntary manslaughter.

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Question 39

Which of the following states was mentioned in the text as no longer following the rule of witnessing a spouse in the act of adultery constitutes adequate provocation?

A) Virginia
B) North Carolina
C) Maryland
D) Maine

Question 40

In State v. Knoten (2001), the appellant was convicted of which of the following crimes?

A) Murder
B) Kidnapping
C) First degree criminal sexual contact
D) All of the above

Question 41

Depraved heart murder is a killing that is committed with which of the following?

A) Heat of Passion
B) Adequate provocation
C) Extreme recklessness
D) Gross negligence

Question 42

Involuntary manslaughter is an unintentional killing with which of the following?

A) Adequate provocation
B) Gross negligence
C) Extreme recklessness
D) Heat of passion

Question 43

Dr. Conrad Murray was charged with the murder of

A) Whitney Houston
B) Tupac Shakur
C) Celine Dion
D) Michael Jackson

Question 44

Michael Jackson overdosed on a prescription of

A) Propofol.
B) Xanax
C) Benzodiazepine
D) Morphine

Question 45

Dr. Conrad Murray was convicted of _______________.

A) Voluntary manslaughter
B) Felony murder
C) Involuntary manslaughter
D) Premeditated murder

Question 46

________________is a killing that occurs during the course of, and in furtherance, of an inherently dangerous felony.

A) Involuntary manslaughter
B) Premeditated murder
C) Felony murder
D) Voluntary manslaughter

Question 47

A felony murder may be intentional or unintentional.

Question 48

Which of the following felonies are considered inherently dangerous?

A) Robbery
B) Rape
C) Burglary
D) Arson
E) All of the above

Question 49

The felony murder doctrine is the most controversial in criminal law.

Question 50

The United States is the only country in the Western world that still honors the felony murder rule.

Question 51

The death penalty can be applied to _________ cases.

A) Murder
B) Treason
C) Aggravated kidnapping
D) All of the above

Question 52

The U.S. is the only country in the Western world that still permits the death penalty.

Question 53

Which of the following cases abolished the death penalty for the rape of a child where no death occurred?

A) Furman v. Georgia (1972)
B) Atkins v. Virginia (2002
C) Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008)
D) Roper v. Simmons (2005)

Question 54

Which of the following cases outlaws the execution of persons under 18 years old at the time of the murder?

A) Furman v. Georgia (1972)
B) Atkins v. Virginia (2002
C) Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008)
D) Roper v. Simmons (2005)

Question 55

Blacks who killed whites had the greatest likelihood of receiving the death penalty.

Question 56

The race of defendants executed in the United States since 1976 has been predominately

A) White
B) Black
C) Hispanic
D) Asian American

Question 57

Judicial override can be used to override the sentencing decisions of the jury in capital cases.

Question 58

All of the following states permit judicial override except?

A) Alabama
B) Florida
C) Idaho
D) Delaware