Deck 10: Offenses Against Public Peace

Question 1

This is an unlawful assembly that has moved toward the execution of the common purpose of the persons assembled:

A) rout
B) riot
C) conspiracy
D) disorder

Answer 1

A

Question 2

This is an actual beginning of the execution of an unlawful common purpose, or the execution of an unlawful purpose by an assembly that was lawful when its members first assembled:

A) rout
B) riot
C) conspiracy
D) assembly

Answer 2

B

Question 3

______ occurs when a person incites or encourages other persons to create or engage in a riot.

A) Loitering
B) Unlawful assembly
C) Disorderly conduct
D) Inciting to riot

Answer 3

D

Question 4

This is the incitement to overthrow the government:

A) sedition
B) incitement of a riot
C) rout
D) disorderly conduct

Question 5

The actus reus for ______ is defined as fighting, offensive language, or other hazardous or dangerous actions-all must tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace.

A) unlawful assembly
B) dominion
C) disorderly conduct
D) vagrancy

Question 6

This act defines a large number of drugs and categorized them by level of risk and seriousness:

A) Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act
B) Uniform Controlled Substance Act
C) Uniform Crime Control Act
D) War on Drugs Act

Question 7

The actus reus for ______ is actual or constructive possession, with circumstances indicating intent is to deliver.

A) possession with intent to deliver
B) trafficking
C) controlled substances
D) illegal sale

Question 8

The actus reus for ______ is actual or constructive possession; transfer or delivery (does not have to be for money).

A) possession with intent to deliver
B) trafficking
C) controlled substances
D) possession with intent to sale

Question 9

For the crime of failure to identify, police must ____ to arrest.

A) Always show probable cause that a crime has or is about to happen
B) Always show reasonable suspicion that a crime has or is about to happen
C) Must have a state statute that specifies at least reasonable suspicion
D) Must have a state statute that says they can

Question 10

Assuming the state has this statute, the crime occurs when a police officer, with reasonable suspicion that a crime has been or is about to be committed, requests a person's identity and they refuse to give it:

A) resisting arrest
B) failure to identify
C) this is not a crime
D) disorderly conduct

Question 11

These statutes preserve the traditional objectives of apprehending those who are about to commit specific crimes or whose activities are offensive to the public-at-large while limiting possible abuse of broad police authority by setting forth specific standards for determining what conduct is prohibited:

A) loitering
B) drug possession
C) riot
D) wiretapping

Question 12

This statute provides a penalty for appearing in public under the influence of alcohol, narcotics, or other drugs, not therapeutically administered. It also requires that the influence be to the degree that the person charged may endanger himself or other persons or property, or annoy persons in his vicinity:

A) loitering
B) vagrancy
C) public drunkenness
D) disorderly conduct

Question 13

There was no common law crime of ______.

A) murder
B) burglary
C) theft
D) terrorism

Question 14

Making a telephone call without purpose of legitimate communication; insulting, taunting, or challenging another in a manner likely to provoke violent or disorderly response; or making repeated communications anonymously or at extremely inconvenient hours, or in offensively coarse language are all examples of:

A) harassment
B) disorderly conduct
C) wiretapping
D) riot

Question 15

Under common law, this was the wandering or going about from place to place by an idle person who has no lawful visible means of support and who exists on charity and does not work for a living:

A) vagrancy
B) loitering
C) disturbing the peace
D) rout

Question 16

The U.S. Constitution limits state power to enact or enforce legislation that prohibits the free exercise of individual behaviors.

Question 17

Riot has been a crime since common law.

Question 18

There was no offense known as "disorderly conduct" at common law.

Question 19

The common law crime of vagrancy basically criminalized poverty.

Question 20

Alcoholism cannot be used as a defense for public intoxication, but drunkenness can be used as a defense for any crime.