OPOTA EXAM ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 500 QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
State the purpose of Bill of Rights - ANSWER: protect a individual's freedoms
-prevent government from interfering in protected rights
Culpable mental states - ANSWER: knowingly, purposely, recklessly, negligently
Purposely - ANSWER: Specific intention to cause a certain result; or when the offense
is a prohibition against certain conduct of a certain nature, regardless of what the
offender intends to accomplish, it is the offender's specific intention to engage in the
conduct
Knowingly - ANSWER: aware that conduct is practically certain to cause a result,
regardless of purpose
recklessly - ANSWER: With heedless indifference to the consequences, disregards a
substantial and unjustifiable risk that conduct is likely to cause a certain result or is
likely to be of a certain nature
Negligently - ANSWER: Because of substantial lapse from due care, fails to perceive
or avoid a risk that his/her conduct may cause a certain result or may be of a certain
nature
Jurisdiction - ANSWER: a government's general power to exercise authority over all
persons and things within its territory
Statutory law - ANSWER: The body of law derived from statutes rather than from
constitutions or judicial decisions.
Case Law - ANSWER: The law found in the collection of reported cases that form all
or part of the body of law within a given jurisdiction
Force - ANSWER: Any violence, compulsion, or constraint physically exerted by any
means on or against a person or thing
Deadly Force - ANSWER: force which carries a substantial risk that it will result in
thendeath of a person
Physical Harm to Persons - ANSWER: Any injury, illness or other physiological
impairment, regardless of its gravity or duration
Serious Physical Harm to Persons - ANSWER: -Any mental illness or condition of such
gravity as would normally require hospitalization or prolonged psychiatric treatment
,-Any physical harm that carries a substantial risk of death
-Any physical harm that involves some permanent incapacity, whether partial or
total, or that involves some temporary, substantial incapacity
-Any physical harm that involves some permanent disfigurement or that involves
some temporary, serious disfigurement
-Any physical harm that involves acute (i.e., severe) pain of such duration as to result
in substantial suffering or that involves any degree of prolonged or intractable pain
Physical Harm to Property - ANSWER: - Any tangible or intangible damage to
property that results in loss of value or interferes with enjoyment.
Serious Physical Harm to Property - ANSWER: - Substantial loss to the value of the
property or requires substantial time, effort, or money to repair of replace.
- Temporarily prevents the use or enjoyment of the property or interferes with the
use or enjoyment for extended periods of time.
2923.01 Conspiracy - ANSWER: (A) No person, with purpose to commit or to
promote or facilitate the commission of aggravated murder, murder, kidnapping,
abduction, compelling prostitution, promoting prostitution, trafficking in persons,
aggravated arson, arson, aggravated robbery, robbery, aggravated burglary,
burglary, trespassing in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present,
engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, corrupting another with drugs, a felony drug
trafficking, manufacturing, processing, or possession offense, theft of drugs, or illegal
processing of drugs
- With another person or persons, plan or aid in planning the commission of any of
the offenses
2923.02 Attempt to commit an offense. - ANSWER: (A) No person, purposely or
knowingly, and when purpose or knowledge is sufficient culpability for the
commission of an offense, shall engage in conduct that, if successful, would
constitute or result in the offense.
2923.03 Complicity. - ANSWER: No person, acting with the kind of culpability
required for the commission of an offense, shall do any of the following:
- Solicit or procure another to commit the offense
-Aid or abet another in committing the offense
-Cause an innocent or irresponsible person to commit the offense.
Describe the purpose of the fourth amendment to the United states constitution -
ANSWER: is to guarantee rights relating to arrests, searches, and seizures of persons
describe the relationship between the degrees of suspicion and the responses
allowed by the constitution - ANSWER: Highest
Proof beyond reasonable doubt
-suspect may be convicted of crime punished
Probable cause to believe suspect is guilty
-suspect may be arrested
, reasonable suspicion that suspect is involved in criminal activity
-suspect may be seized and detained for investigation
hunch
interactions must be consensual
lowest
determine when a person is considered to be seized - ANSWER: -a reasonable person
would believe that the person was not free to leave
-examples even if they did not attempt to leave:
threatening presence of officers, display of weapon, physical touching, restricting
movement
explain when a officer can use the rationale from Terry to detain a person - ANSWER:
a officer may detain a individual based upon the officer's reasonable, articulable
suspicion that criminal activity was being planned or in process of being executed
describe under Terry, what is required of an officer to make a investigatory stop -
ANSWER: -have reasonable articulable suspicion to initiate a stop and that criminal
activity was afoot
-consider totality of circumstances
-weight to their experience
describe the considerations an officer should be mindful of when conducting a Terry
stop - ANSWER: -use least intrusive means of detention
-conduct stop quickly as possible to not prolong the period of involuntary detention
-if additional facts are uncovered that supply officer with probable cause to arrest,
individual may be arrested
-must be released if no grounds for arrest
requirements which must be established before a Terry pat down/frisk - ANSWER:
Officers are required to articulate a reasonable belief that the suspect is armed AND
the suspect poses a threat to them
Plain Feel Doctrine - ANSWER: -weapons
-during frisk, if officer grab something and immediately recognize it, they can seize it
-not seize it if determining its identity requires further manipulation (pockets,
squeezing)
-once determined not a weapon, search must stop unless there's a warrant
identify the evidentiary standard on which to base an arrest - ANSWER: a arrest must
be based on probable cause
describe when the elements of probable cause to arrest are satisfied - ANSWER: the
officer is aware of articulable facts and circumstances sufficient to warrant a
reasonable person to believe that a crime has been committed and the person about
to be arrested committed the unlawful act
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
State the purpose of Bill of Rights - ANSWER: protect a individual's freedoms
-prevent government from interfering in protected rights
Culpable mental states - ANSWER: knowingly, purposely, recklessly, negligently
Purposely - ANSWER: Specific intention to cause a certain result; or when the offense
is a prohibition against certain conduct of a certain nature, regardless of what the
offender intends to accomplish, it is the offender's specific intention to engage in the
conduct
Knowingly - ANSWER: aware that conduct is practically certain to cause a result,
regardless of purpose
recklessly - ANSWER: With heedless indifference to the consequences, disregards a
substantial and unjustifiable risk that conduct is likely to cause a certain result or is
likely to be of a certain nature
Negligently - ANSWER: Because of substantial lapse from due care, fails to perceive
or avoid a risk that his/her conduct may cause a certain result or may be of a certain
nature
Jurisdiction - ANSWER: a government's general power to exercise authority over all
persons and things within its territory
Statutory law - ANSWER: The body of law derived from statutes rather than from
constitutions or judicial decisions.
Case Law - ANSWER: The law found in the collection of reported cases that form all
or part of the body of law within a given jurisdiction
Force - ANSWER: Any violence, compulsion, or constraint physically exerted by any
means on or against a person or thing
Deadly Force - ANSWER: force which carries a substantial risk that it will result in
thendeath of a person
Physical Harm to Persons - ANSWER: Any injury, illness or other physiological
impairment, regardless of its gravity or duration
Serious Physical Harm to Persons - ANSWER: -Any mental illness or condition of such
gravity as would normally require hospitalization or prolonged psychiatric treatment
,-Any physical harm that carries a substantial risk of death
-Any physical harm that involves some permanent incapacity, whether partial or
total, or that involves some temporary, substantial incapacity
-Any physical harm that involves some permanent disfigurement or that involves
some temporary, serious disfigurement
-Any physical harm that involves acute (i.e., severe) pain of such duration as to result
in substantial suffering or that involves any degree of prolonged or intractable pain
Physical Harm to Property - ANSWER: - Any tangible or intangible damage to
property that results in loss of value or interferes with enjoyment.
Serious Physical Harm to Property - ANSWER: - Substantial loss to the value of the
property or requires substantial time, effort, or money to repair of replace.
- Temporarily prevents the use or enjoyment of the property or interferes with the
use or enjoyment for extended periods of time.
2923.01 Conspiracy - ANSWER: (A) No person, with purpose to commit or to
promote or facilitate the commission of aggravated murder, murder, kidnapping,
abduction, compelling prostitution, promoting prostitution, trafficking in persons,
aggravated arson, arson, aggravated robbery, robbery, aggravated burglary,
burglary, trespassing in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present,
engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, corrupting another with drugs, a felony drug
trafficking, manufacturing, processing, or possession offense, theft of drugs, or illegal
processing of drugs
- With another person or persons, plan or aid in planning the commission of any of
the offenses
2923.02 Attempt to commit an offense. - ANSWER: (A) No person, purposely or
knowingly, and when purpose or knowledge is sufficient culpability for the
commission of an offense, shall engage in conduct that, if successful, would
constitute or result in the offense.
2923.03 Complicity. - ANSWER: No person, acting with the kind of culpability
required for the commission of an offense, shall do any of the following:
- Solicit or procure another to commit the offense
-Aid or abet another in committing the offense
-Cause an innocent or irresponsible person to commit the offense.
Describe the purpose of the fourth amendment to the United states constitution -
ANSWER: is to guarantee rights relating to arrests, searches, and seizures of persons
describe the relationship between the degrees of suspicion and the responses
allowed by the constitution - ANSWER: Highest
Proof beyond reasonable doubt
-suspect may be convicted of crime punished
Probable cause to believe suspect is guilty
-suspect may be arrested
, reasonable suspicion that suspect is involved in criminal activity
-suspect may be seized and detained for investigation
hunch
interactions must be consensual
lowest
determine when a person is considered to be seized - ANSWER: -a reasonable person
would believe that the person was not free to leave
-examples even if they did not attempt to leave:
threatening presence of officers, display of weapon, physical touching, restricting
movement
explain when a officer can use the rationale from Terry to detain a person - ANSWER:
a officer may detain a individual based upon the officer's reasonable, articulable
suspicion that criminal activity was being planned or in process of being executed
describe under Terry, what is required of an officer to make a investigatory stop -
ANSWER: -have reasonable articulable suspicion to initiate a stop and that criminal
activity was afoot
-consider totality of circumstances
-weight to their experience
describe the considerations an officer should be mindful of when conducting a Terry
stop - ANSWER: -use least intrusive means of detention
-conduct stop quickly as possible to not prolong the period of involuntary detention
-if additional facts are uncovered that supply officer with probable cause to arrest,
individual may be arrested
-must be released if no grounds for arrest
requirements which must be established before a Terry pat down/frisk - ANSWER:
Officers are required to articulate a reasonable belief that the suspect is armed AND
the suspect poses a threat to them
Plain Feel Doctrine - ANSWER: -weapons
-during frisk, if officer grab something and immediately recognize it, they can seize it
-not seize it if determining its identity requires further manipulation (pockets,
squeezing)
-once determined not a weapon, search must stop unless there's a warrant
identify the evidentiary standard on which to base an arrest - ANSWER: a arrest must
be based on probable cause
describe when the elements of probable cause to arrest are satisfied - ANSWER: the
officer is aware of articulable facts and circumstances sufficient to warrant a
reasonable person to believe that a crime has been committed and the person about
to be arrested committed the unlawful act
