ILEA 235 CRIMINAL LAW FINAL STUDY PAPER
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What are misdemeanor witness exceptions: Answer: 1. Probation
violation
2. Battery with injury
3. Domestic battery
4. Invasion of privacy
5. Interfering with reporting of a crime
6. Leaving the Scene of an Accident
7. Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated
8. Undisclosed transport of a dangerous device
9. Theft
10. Unlawful carrying of a handgun
◉ When do misdemeanor arrest warrants expire? Answer: After 180
days
◉ What is the purpose of a frisk? Answer: To search for WEAPONS
◉ Can you manipulate an item during a frisk? Answer: No
, ◉ When is an arrest warrant issued? Answer: When the judge finds
probable cause exists to believe that the person committed the
crime
◉ When can you serve an arrest warrant at the defendants home?
Answer: If there is reasonable belief that the defendant lives there
and is home
◉ When can you serve an arrest warrant at a third party home?
Answer: Has an arrest warrant, a search warrant, and has probable
cause to believe that he is there.
◉ When must search warrants be served? Answer: Within 10 days
after being signed by the judge
◉ Good Faith Rule will save a case if a judge later determines that
the warrant was issued in error as long as: Answer: -No lies or
material omissions
-Reasonably trained officer would have known there was no
probable cause ("rubber- stamping" judge)
◉ Affidavits need to include: Answer: -The place and things to be
searched
-Probable cause that an offense has/is being committed
-Probable cause that one of the following will be there:
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What are misdemeanor witness exceptions: Answer: 1. Probation
violation
2. Battery with injury
3. Domestic battery
4. Invasion of privacy
5. Interfering with reporting of a crime
6. Leaving the Scene of an Accident
7. Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated
8. Undisclosed transport of a dangerous device
9. Theft
10. Unlawful carrying of a handgun
◉ When do misdemeanor arrest warrants expire? Answer: After 180
days
◉ What is the purpose of a frisk? Answer: To search for WEAPONS
◉ Can you manipulate an item during a frisk? Answer: No
, ◉ When is an arrest warrant issued? Answer: When the judge finds
probable cause exists to believe that the person committed the
crime
◉ When can you serve an arrest warrant at the defendants home?
Answer: If there is reasonable belief that the defendant lives there
and is home
◉ When can you serve an arrest warrant at a third party home?
Answer: Has an arrest warrant, a search warrant, and has probable
cause to believe that he is there.
◉ When must search warrants be served? Answer: Within 10 days
after being signed by the judge
◉ Good Faith Rule will save a case if a judge later determines that
the warrant was issued in error as long as: Answer: -No lies or
material omissions
-Reasonably trained officer would have known there was no
probable cause ("rubber- stamping" judge)
◉ Affidavits need to include: Answer: -The place and things to be
searched
-Probable cause that an offense has/is being committed
-Probable cause that one of the following will be there:
