CRJ- FINAL
1. The purpose of a preliminary hearing is for a judge TRUE
to determine whether there is probable cause for the
accused to answer to the crime charged.
Group starts
2. The U.S. Constitution does NOT explicitly enumerate Mail Fraud
_____ as a crime.
3. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, the right to live without un-
_____ has been recognized as an area protected by warranted interfer-
the right of privacy. ence
4. The utilitarian legal philosopher Jeremy Bentham re- amount of social
organized the law of crimes according to the harm they caused.
5. Many states rely exclusively on common law to define False
their crimes.
Group starts
6. The Model Penal Code (MPC) is a comprehensive False
recodification of the principles of criminal responsi-
bility and is mandatory in all 50 states.
7. Identify a true statement about plea bargaining. The prosecution
recommends a
punishment that is
lesser than the
original sentence
imposed.
8. The effect of the U.S. Supreme Court case Furman True
v. Georgia was an informal moratorium on the death
penalty until the execution of Gary Gilmore in 1977.
9. The criminal process most often begins with an arrest.
10. According to the First Amendment, the guarantee of grievances
free speech does NOT automatically cover against the
government.
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11. Which of the following is an example of a specific larceny
intent crime?
12. The substantive rights specifically enumerated with- All of the Above
in the Bill of Rights include the right to
13. The right of the people to assemble publicly is NOT public assembly
absolute because may threaten pub-
lic safety, peace,
and order.
14. Criminal law is distinguished from all other law be- criminal law seeks
cause to regulate acts
that are contrary
to the community
interest of the so-
cial or government
unit.
15. The First Amendment provides that Congress shall the free exercise
make no law prohibiting of religion.
16. The definitions of "immoral" and "deserving of pun- True
ishment" are extremely flexible, depending on who
defines them and when.
Group starts
17. The _____ distinguishes criminal law from other law. imposition of pun-
ishment for its vio-
lation
18. Which of the following is a basis for appeal of a The jury was im-
criminal conviction on substantive grounds? properly instruct-
ed.
19. Bigamy is a specific intent crime. False
20. To determine whether an act caused a specific result, the accused per-
_____. son's act must be
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the cause-in-fact
of the result
21. Neither the U.S. Congress nor state legislatures enact False
laws that raise constitutional problems.
22. The court preparation function of police involves tes- True
tifying at hearings and trial and presenting the evi-
dence in an effort to convict the perpetrator.
23. There are at least eight bases for a defendant's pre- False
trial motion to dismiss.
24. Since the Civil War, federal criminal law has expanded to over-
lap areas that pre-
viously were with-
in the exclusive
province of the
states.
25. In homicide cases, under some jurisdictions, a per- first-degree mur-
son may be charged with der.
26. Many states' modern criminal laws are codifications look to the com-
of the common law crimes, and when there is a ques- mon law defini-
tion of statutory meaning, the courts tions to help in
understanding the
term in question.
27. Misdemeanors are often offenses that violate the False
public welfare.
28. Proximate cause is that cause, from among all of True
the causes-in-fact that may exist, that is the legally
defined cause of a social harm.
29. In the 1972 case of _____, the U.S. Supreme Court Furman v. Georgia
examined the imposition of the death penalty in three
cases and analyzed in detail the constitutional issues
raised by capital punishment.
1. The purpose of a preliminary hearing is for a judge TRUE
to determine whether there is probable cause for the
accused to answer to the crime charged.
Group starts
2. The U.S. Constitution does NOT explicitly enumerate Mail Fraud
_____ as a crime.
3. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, the right to live without un-
_____ has been recognized as an area protected by warranted interfer-
the right of privacy. ence
4. The utilitarian legal philosopher Jeremy Bentham re- amount of social
organized the law of crimes according to the harm they caused.
5. Many states rely exclusively on common law to define False
their crimes.
Group starts
6. The Model Penal Code (MPC) is a comprehensive False
recodification of the principles of criminal responsi-
bility and is mandatory in all 50 states.
7. Identify a true statement about plea bargaining. The prosecution
recommends a
punishment that is
lesser than the
original sentence
imposed.
8. The effect of the U.S. Supreme Court case Furman True
v. Georgia was an informal moratorium on the death
penalty until the execution of Gary Gilmore in 1977.
9. The criminal process most often begins with an arrest.
10. According to the First Amendment, the guarantee of grievances
free speech does NOT automatically cover against the
government.
, CRJ- FINAL
11. Which of the following is an example of a specific larceny
intent crime?
12. The substantive rights specifically enumerated with- All of the Above
in the Bill of Rights include the right to
13. The right of the people to assemble publicly is NOT public assembly
absolute because may threaten pub-
lic safety, peace,
and order.
14. Criminal law is distinguished from all other law be- criminal law seeks
cause to regulate acts
that are contrary
to the community
interest of the so-
cial or government
unit.
15. The First Amendment provides that Congress shall the free exercise
make no law prohibiting of religion.
16. The definitions of "immoral" and "deserving of pun- True
ishment" are extremely flexible, depending on who
defines them and when.
Group starts
17. The _____ distinguishes criminal law from other law. imposition of pun-
ishment for its vio-
lation
18. Which of the following is a basis for appeal of a The jury was im-
criminal conviction on substantive grounds? properly instruct-
ed.
19. Bigamy is a specific intent crime. False
20. To determine whether an act caused a specific result, the accused per-
_____. son's act must be
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the cause-in-fact
of the result
21. Neither the U.S. Congress nor state legislatures enact False
laws that raise constitutional problems.
22. The court preparation function of police involves tes- True
tifying at hearings and trial and presenting the evi-
dence in an effort to convict the perpetrator.
23. There are at least eight bases for a defendant's pre- False
trial motion to dismiss.
24. Since the Civil War, federal criminal law has expanded to over-
lap areas that pre-
viously were with-
in the exclusive
province of the
states.
25. In homicide cases, under some jurisdictions, a per- first-degree mur-
son may be charged with der.
26. Many states' modern criminal laws are codifications look to the com-
of the common law crimes, and when there is a ques- mon law defini-
tion of statutory meaning, the courts tions to help in
understanding the
term in question.
27. Misdemeanors are often offenses that violate the False
public welfare.
28. Proximate cause is that cause, from among all of True
the causes-in-fact that may exist, that is the legally
defined cause of a social harm.
29. In the 1972 case of _____, the U.S. Supreme Court Furman v. Georgia
examined the imposition of the death penalty in three
cases and analyzed in detail the constitutional issues
raised by capital punishment.
