AOJ Test Complete Study Guide and Administration of Justice Practice Questions
Revision Notes
Accomplice - correct answer ✔✔A co principal who testifies against another principal involved
in the same crime
Spirit of the law - correct answer ✔✔Means the law is applied in accordance with the intent of
the legislature and not in literal compliance with the words of statue
Common law - correct answer ✔✔The body of the law that originated and developed in
England. It's based on court decisions, on the doctrines implicit in those decisions, and on
custom and usage
Wobbler - correct answer ✔✔A crime that may be punished by imprisonment in either the
county jail or state prison
Letter of the law - correct answer ✔✔Means the law is strictly applied in accordance with the
literal meaning of the statue, leaving no room for interpretation
Case law - correct answer ✔✔A body of law based on judicial decisions and precedent
Felony - correct answer ✔✔Most serious crime punishable by death or imprisonment in state
prison
Coprus delicti - correct answer ✔✔Literally means the "body of the crime". Include the fact of
injury or harm and some criminal agency as the cause
Intent - correct answer ✔✔State of mind inferred from evidence. The presence of a designated
state of mind. Can be general, specific, transferred, or criminal negligence
, Feigned accomplice - correct answer ✔✔To a crime is one who pretends to consult and act
either others in the planning or commission o a crime, but only for the purpose of discovering
their plans and confederates and securing evidence against them
Etrapment - correct answer ✔✔Inducing a person to commit the crime that they did not
contemplate for the purpose of prosecuting them. It is a defense in which the defending claims
that an officer caused them to commit the crime. The test is whether a normal law abiding
citizen would have committed the crime under the same circumstances
The elements of a crime - correct answer ✔✔Constitute parts of a crime that must be proved by
the prosecution to sustain a conviction
Municipal codes - correct answer ✔✔Also called ordinances, are statues enacted by a city or
county
An accessory - correct answer ✔✔A person who, after a felony is committed, harbors, conceals,
or aids a principal, with the intent of helping the principal escape, or avoid arrest, trial, or
conviction
General intent - correct answer ✔✔Intent to do which the law prohibits. It's not necessary for
the prosecutor to prove the defendant intended the precise harm or result that occurred. This
type of intent requires that the accused merely intended to commit the act even if there was no
intention of knowledge of violating the law.
Misdemeanor - correct answer ✔✔An offense of lesser gravity then a felony, punishable by fine
or incarceration in local jail
Infraction - correct answer ✔✔The least serious crimes and is not punishable by imprisonment
or incarceration but by fine only
Revision Notes
Accomplice - correct answer ✔✔A co principal who testifies against another principal involved
in the same crime
Spirit of the law - correct answer ✔✔Means the law is applied in accordance with the intent of
the legislature and not in literal compliance with the words of statue
Common law - correct answer ✔✔The body of the law that originated and developed in
England. It's based on court decisions, on the doctrines implicit in those decisions, and on
custom and usage
Wobbler - correct answer ✔✔A crime that may be punished by imprisonment in either the
county jail or state prison
Letter of the law - correct answer ✔✔Means the law is strictly applied in accordance with the
literal meaning of the statue, leaving no room for interpretation
Case law - correct answer ✔✔A body of law based on judicial decisions and precedent
Felony - correct answer ✔✔Most serious crime punishable by death or imprisonment in state
prison
Coprus delicti - correct answer ✔✔Literally means the "body of the crime". Include the fact of
injury or harm and some criminal agency as the cause
Intent - correct answer ✔✔State of mind inferred from evidence. The presence of a designated
state of mind. Can be general, specific, transferred, or criminal negligence
, Feigned accomplice - correct answer ✔✔To a crime is one who pretends to consult and act
either others in the planning or commission o a crime, but only for the purpose of discovering
their plans and confederates and securing evidence against them
Etrapment - correct answer ✔✔Inducing a person to commit the crime that they did not
contemplate for the purpose of prosecuting them. It is a defense in which the defending claims
that an officer caused them to commit the crime. The test is whether a normal law abiding
citizen would have committed the crime under the same circumstances
The elements of a crime - correct answer ✔✔Constitute parts of a crime that must be proved by
the prosecution to sustain a conviction
Municipal codes - correct answer ✔✔Also called ordinances, are statues enacted by a city or
county
An accessory - correct answer ✔✔A person who, after a felony is committed, harbors, conceals,
or aids a principal, with the intent of helping the principal escape, or avoid arrest, trial, or
conviction
General intent - correct answer ✔✔Intent to do which the law prohibits. It's not necessary for
the prosecutor to prove the defendant intended the precise harm or result that occurred. This
type of intent requires that the accused merely intended to commit the act even if there was no
intention of knowledge of violating the law.
Misdemeanor - correct answer ✔✔An offense of lesser gravity then a felony, punishable by fine
or incarceration in local jail
Infraction - correct answer ✔✔The least serious crimes and is not punishable by imprisonment
or incarceration but by fine only
