Deck 6: Criminal Law

Question 1

Which of the following is true about criminal law?

A) Plaintiffs seek compensation.
B) Plaintiffs seek remedies for themselves.
C) It is the most ancient branch of law.
D) It involves harm to certain individuals, not society.
E) The laws describe in general terms the nature of the conduct they wish to criminalize.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The requirement that criminal statutes not be vague means that the law always defines crimes in ways that can be easily and clearly understood.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Tom, Dick, and Harry decide to rob a supermarket. While Tom buys a car to be used as the getaway, only Dick and Harry rob the supermarket after which all three flee in the car. Only Dick and Harry can be convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Constitutionally, bail can be withheld only if there is reason to believe that the accused will flee the jurisdiction.

Question 5

According to law, if a landlord broke open the room of his tenant with intent to commit felony, it cannot be termed as burglary.

Question 6

Which of the following holds true in the case of assault and battery?

A) A hockey player who hits his opponent with his stick can be prosecuted for the crime of assault.
B) If a man kisses a woman against her will, he is prosecuted for the crime of assault.
C) If a man throws a rock at his neighbor who dodges it, the man has committed a battery.
D) If a surgeon operates a patient without getting the consent form signed, it will be an assault.
E) Battery is a deliberate placing of another in fear of receiving an immediate assault.

Question 7

The Fifth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the right to have the assistance of defense counsel.

Question 8

If a defendant intends to do something that was not criminal, no act in furtherance of his intention can be an attempt.

Question 9

Under criminal law, if a responsible officer in a corporation has directed an act of corruption, the corporation will be held liable for it.

Question 10

An unintentional killing that takes place during an armed robbery is a homicide.

Question 11

If a new technology-specific company employing the maximum people of a town shuts down due to financial reasons, the company has committed a crime.

Question 12

A false-pretense violation relates to a statement of intention, not to a past event or existing fact.

Question 13

_____ is a serious kind of crime, usually involving potential imprisonment of six months or more.

A) Felony
B) Extortion
C) Entrapment
D) Embezzlement
E) Arson

Question 14

Which of the following is true about crime?

A) In case of a crime, plaintiffs seek compensation for themselves.
B) Tom and Tim have an argument in a bar and punch each other in the face before leaving; the crime of arson has been committed.
C) Because a crime is an act that legislature has defined as socially harmful, the parties involved can agree among themselves to forget a particular incident.
D) The requirement that criminal statutes not be vague does not mean that the law defines crimes in ways that can be easily and clearly understood.
E) If a new technology-specific company employing the maximum people of a town shuts down, the company has committed a crime.

Question 15

Which of the following is true about homicide?

A) A soldier killing an enemy on a battlefield is an excusable homicide.
B) A homicide can be murder even if there is no intent to kill.
C) A situation in which death results from an accident in which the killer is not at fault is known as justifiable homicide.
D) A homicide committed with malice aforethought is known as a misdemeanor.
E) Involuntary manslaughter is an intentional killing carried out as the result of some provocation.

Question 16

In State v. Mills, the court ruled that an intent to repay a loan obtained on the basis of a false representation of the security for the loan is no defense.

Question 17

A statement, though true, is perjury if the maker of it believes it to be false.

Question 18

Under common law, extortion could only be committed by a government official, who corruptly collected an unlawful fee under color of office.

Question 19

The statute's void-for-vagueness doctrine has led the courts to overturn constitutional laws that are not clear.

Question 20

The seriousness of a crime is defined by the nature or duration of the punishment set out in the statute.

Question 21

Which of the following CANNOT be termed as a larceny?

A) Tom walks through an apple orchard and plucks an apple from the tree and eats it.
B) Tom walks through an apple orchard and picks up an apple lying on the ground and eats it.
C) Tom borrows Harry's convertible without permission to go to the supermarket and returns it within half an hour but with a dent in it.
D) Tom borrows Harry's convertible without permission, goes for a joyride with his friends, and returns it hours later.
E) Tom steals electricity from the power lines of an electric utility.

Question 22

Which of the following is true in State v. Mills?

A) If a creditor extends credit in reliance upon security which is falsely represented to be adequate, he has not been defrauded if the debtor intends to repay the debt.
B) The risk a creditor did not intend to assume if imposed upon him by the intentional act of the debtor cannot constitute intent to defraud.
C) Intent to repay a loan obtained on the basis of a false representation of the security for the loan is no defense.
D) The crime of larceny is designed to protect one's title interest.
E) The crime of false pretense protects a person's possessory interest in property.

Question 23

According to _____, evidence obtained in violation of constitutional rights from the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments are generally not admissible at trial.

A) the establishment clause
B) the Free Exercise Clause
C) double jeopardy
D) totality-of-the-circumstances
E) the exclusionary rule

Question 24

_____ is the crime of giving a false oath orally in a judicial proceeding.

A) Perjury
B) Misdemeanor
C) Mens rea
D) White-collar crime
E) Larceny

Question 25

Which of the following is true in case of forgery?

A) Forgery does not include that done by typing.
B) If a person signs his own check knowing that there is no money in his account, the instrument is forged.
C) The forged instrument must itself be false, not merely contain a falsehood.
D) Forgery can be committed only by forging signatures.
E) Alteration of an already existing document does not constitute forgery.

Question 26

Which of the following is true about the procedure for criminal prosecutions?

A) The purpose of preliminary hearing is to decide whether the accused is guilty or not.
B) The grand jury does not sit to determine guilt or innocence of the accused.
C) The jury can convict unless it finds the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
D) Sentencing usually comes after the appeal.
E) Nolo contendere enables the plaintiff to prove liability by putting on witnesses or evidence.

Question 27

_____ is the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with intent to steal the same.

A) Larceny
B) Misdemeanor
C) Felony
D) Forgery
E) Burglary

Question 28

Which of the following is the constitutional right of an accused?

A) The prosecutor may not use evidence willfully taken by the police in violation of constitutional rights.
B) The Fourth Amendment is the source of a person's right against self-incrimination.
C) Self-incrimination means that the prosecutor can call the defendant to the witness stand during trial.
D) The Sixth Amendment requires all criminal prosecutions to go to trial within 90 days.
E) The Fifth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the right to have the assistance of defense counsel.

Question 29

In which of the following cases will criminal liability be excused?

A) Jerry asks Tom for an aspirin and Tom handed him two pills. The pills were poisoned as Tom intended to kill Jerry.
B) If the law requires that you always carry a license, but the official issuing the license formally tells that you need not.
C) Jerry asks Tom for an aspirin and Tom handed him two pills. The pills were poisoned, but Tom believed that it would just make Jerry mildly unconscious.
D) The police use an undercover agent to sell drugs in order to catch the actual drug dealers.
E) A traffic policeman does not like his neighbor and asks a towing company to remove the neighbor's car on the basis of having being parked in a no-parking, while it actually was properly parked.

Question 30

Which of the following statements about crime is true?

A) Jon points a gun at Tom intending to shoot him dead, but reconsidered and put the gun away.
B) Jon was preparing to shoot Tom to death. His neighbor overheard his plan and called the police, who just saw Jon snapping his gun into his shoulder holster.
C) Tom, Dick, and Harry agree upon robbing a supermarket. While Tom buys a car to be used as the getaway, only Dick and Harry rob the supermarket after which all the three flee in the car. Only Dick and Harry would be convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery.
D) A corporation may be convicted and fined for violations by employees.
E) Jack, a supervisor with intent to steal the company's money, asks his assistant Jane who is unaware of the situation, to take the money-filled bag to Jack's home. Jane will be convicted of conspiracy.

Question 31

What are the most significant Constitutional rights of defendants in US courts?

Question 32

Define the various types of criminal offenses against property.