Question 10.5 pts

The Model Penal Code allows the introduction of evidence regarding a defendant's mental condition to show diminished capacity when:

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Evidence is never allowed for this purpose

The defendant is charged with specific intent crime only

The defendant is charged with any crime

Flag question: Question 2Question 20.5 pts

Which of the following can be introduced as evidence to show intent in a murder trial?

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Defendant's statements

Premeditation

Use of a deadly weapon

All of the above

Flag question: Question 3Question 30.5 pts

Renunciation is a defense to the charge of solicitation.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 4Question 40.5 pts

Which of the following is an excuse defense brought up by defendants who acted because the threats to them overcame their will?

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Learned helplessness

Diminished capacity

Self-defense

Duress

Flag question: Question 5Question 50.5 pts

A ____________________ cause is likely to relieve the defendant of criminal responsibility for the social harm.

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Responsive

Intervening

Superseding

Direct

Flag question: Question 6Question 60.5 pts

A defendant can claim that she abandoned her attempt to commit a crime (and thus is not criminally liable) because she decided to not commit the crime when she observed a police officer nearby.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 7Question 70.5 pts

A defendant charged as a member of a conspiracy can avoid criminal liability if she can prove that she did not know all of the details of the conspiracy.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 8Question 80.5 pts

Attempt is considered a(n)____________ crime.

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Specific intent

Inchoate

Victimless

General intent

Flag question: Question 9Question 90.5 pts

Conspiracy is an agreement among two or more persons to commit a criminal act.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 10Question 100.5 pts

If a person is found competent, the jury must:

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Return a guilty verdict

Assess the evidence in light of defendant's competency

Assess the evidence

Return a not guilty verdict

Flag question: Question 11Question 110.5 pts

Intentional crimes can be broken down in ____ steps.

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6

2

8

4

Flag question: Question 12Question 120.5 pts

Intervening causes cannot reduce a defendant's liability for the harms that result from the crime that she committed.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 13Question 130.5 pts

Involuntary intoxication is generally a defense against both specific intent and general intent crimes.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 14Question 140.5 pts

The Federal Sentencing Guidelines do not allow for a deviation from the minimum sentence due to a defendant's diminished capacity.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 15Question 150.5 pts

The Model Penal Code provides that a defendant conspiring with an undercover police officer cannot be found guilty of conspiracy because the undercover police officer is not a genuine co-conspirator.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 16Question 160.5 pts

The Model Penal Code recognizes three forms of criminal homicide.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 17Question 170.5 pts

The apparent safety doctrine cuts off a defendant's responsibility when events have come to an apparent halt and the relevant parties are safe and secure.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 18Question 180.5 pts

The duress defense involves a defendant who reasonably believes the threat of another person to kill or grievously harm a third party unless the defendant commits a criminal offense (other than murder) as directed by that person.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 19Question 190.5 pts

The felony murder rule is limited to cases where the defendant, while committing a felony, unintentionally kills the victim of the crime.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 20Question 200.5 pts

The insanity test that focuses on a person's inability to control their behavior is:

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The Modern Law test

The M'Naghten test

The Irresistible Impulse test

The Model Penal Code test

Flag question: Question 21Question 210.5 pts

Under the Model Penal Code, proximate cause focuses on___________________.

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Actual cause

Actus reus

Mens rea

Intervening causes

Flag question: Question 22Question 220.5 pts

Voluntary intoxication is generally a defense against general intent crimes.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 23Question 230.5 pts

When the attorney for a defendant pleads not guilty by reason of insanity, that attorney is claiming that the defendant does not have a factual understanding of the proceedings filed against him.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 24Question 240.5 pts

When the defendant forms the intent to commit a crime, she is guilty of attempting that crime.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 25Question 250.5 pts

Which is NOT a reason to bifurcate a trial that includes the insanity defense?

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Reduction of confusion

Time saving

Judge decides insanity

5th Amendment protections

Flag question: Question 26Question 260.5 pts

Which of the following is NOT required for a conspiracy?

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An agreement

Two people

Intent to commit crime

All parties to participate in crime

Flag question: Question 27Question 270.5 pts

Which of the following is considered when charging solicitation.

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If the one solicited was a law enforcement officer

If the crime was completed

If there was an agreement for the commission of the crime

If the solicitor intended for a crime to be completed

Flag question: Question 28Question 280.5 pts

Which of the following mental states does NOT satisfy the malice aforethought requirement of murder under common law?

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Intent to commit felony

Intent to commit trespass

Intent to kill

Depraved heart

Flag question: Question 29Question 290.5 pts

Which test for death became accepted under modern law?

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Lack of complete brain function

Lack of blood circulation

Lack of cerebrum functioning

Lack of heart and lung function

Flag question: Question 30Question 300.5 pts

Which element of a crime could voluntary intoxication affect?

Group of answer choices

None if intoxication is voluntary

Actus reus

Mens rea

Defense