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MCLETC Quiz 7 23-20 Questions and Answers
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Streetgang Ans: 3 or more persons with an established hierarchy that,
through its membership or through the agency of any member engages
in a course or pattern of criminal activity
Streetgang member Ans: any person who actually belongs to a gang,
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and who knowingly acts in the capacity of an agent or voluntarily
associates himself with a course or pattern of gang-related criminal
activity
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Course or Pattern of Criminal Activity 740 ILCS 147/10 Ans: 2 or more
gang-related criminal offenses committed when:
(1) at least one such offense was committed after the effective date of
this Act;
(2) both offenses were committed within 5 years of each other; and
(3) at least one offense involved the solicitation to commit, conspiracy to
commit, attempt to commit, or commission of any offense defined as a
felony or forcible felony
- also means one or more acts of criminal defacement of property if the
defacement includes a sign or other symbol intended to identify the
streetgang.
Criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds or public property
adjacent to school grounds and criminal street gang recruitment of a
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minor. Ans: 1. When on school grounds or public property adjacent to
school grounds, he or she knowingly threatens the use of physical force
to coerce, solicit, recruit, or induce another person to join or remain a
member of a criminal street gang, or conspires to do so.
2. Criminal street gang recruitment of a minor when he or she threatens
the use of physical force to coerce, solicit, recruit, or induce another
person to join or remain a member of a criminal street gang, or conspires
to do so, whether or not such threat is communicated in person, by
means of the Internet, or by means of a telecommunications device
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CLASS 1 FELONY
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Unlawful Possession of a
Firearm by a Street Gang Member Ans: (1) possesses or carries on their
person, a firearm or ammunition while on any street, road, alley,
gangway, sidewalk, or any other lands, except when inside his or her
own abode or inside his or her fixed place of business, and has not been
issued a currently valid FOID Card and is a member of a gang
(2) possesses or carries in any vehicle a firearm and firearm ammunition
which are both immediately accessible at the time of the offense while
on any street, road, alley, or any other lands, except when inside his or
her own abode or garage, and has not been issued a currently valid
FOID Card and is a member of a gang.
CLASS 2 FELONY
Unlawful participation in street gang related activity Ans: Knowingly
commits any act in furtherance of gang activity AFTER having been
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(1) Sentenced to probation, conditional discharge, or supervision for a
criminal offense with a condition of that sentence being to refrain from
direct or indirect contact with a street gang member or member(s);
(2) Released on bond for any criminal offense with a condition of that
bond being to refrain from direct or indirect contact with a street gang
member or member(s);
(3) Ordered by a judge in any non-criminal proceeding to refrain from
direct or indirect contact with a street gang member or member(s); or
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(4) released from the Illinois Department of Corrections on a condition of
parole or mandatory supervised release that he or she refrain from direct
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or indirect contact with a street gang member or member(s)
CLASS A MISDEMEANOR
Peace Officer or Correctional Officer; Gang related activity prohibited
720 ILCS 5/33-4 Ans: It is unlawful for a peace officer or correctional
officer to knowingly commit any act in furtherance of gang-related
activities, except when acting in furtherance of an undercover law
enforcement investigation.
CLASS 3 FELONY
The People of the State of Illinois v Jose A. Becerra Ans: Aurora police
officer Ron McNeff testified as an expert in gangs, gang membership,
and gang identification in Aurora. McNeff testified that the Latin Kings'
colors were black and gold or yellow. One could become a member of
a gang by being blessed in or beaten in. According to McNeff, to be
blessed in, one "would have to gain the respect of a gang through a
relative."
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McNeff formed the opinion that defendant was a member of the Latin
Kings.
Latin King Andrew Bueno, Latin King Armando Delgado went on a
shooting spree and were charged. Christopher Contreras committed a
murder for the gang against a rival member.
McNeff testified that the opinion was based on, among other things,
gang contact information, defendant's admission that he had been
blessed into the Latin Kings, and his clothing when apprehended.
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2019 IL People v Murray (Supreme Court) Ans: -The State presented no
evidence of the Latin Kings' involvement in specific crimes as required by
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the Act. did not identify the Latin Kings' commission of particular offenses
on certain dates. Furthermore, the State provided no other witnesses
who testified to specific offenses committed by the Latin Kings during the
relevant time period that would satisfy the statutory definition of a
"streetgang."
-An essential element of proof to sustain a conviction cannot be inferred
but must be established.
"People" and the "Folks." Ans: Mid 1970's, Latin gangs, African American
gangs and Caucasian gangs merged into two major groupings, the
"People" and the "Folks."
These groups were formed in the IDOC by incarcerated members
seeking protection through coalition building. These two alliances remain
enemies and continue to exits within the prison system and on the street.
Hybrid/Scavenger Gangs Ans: · Gangs with national ties break off into
sub-set groups
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MCLETC Quiz 7 23-20 Questions and Answers
(100% Correct Answers) Already Graded A+
Streetgang Ans: 3 or more persons with an established hierarchy that,
through its membership or through the agency of any member engages
in a course or pattern of criminal activity
Streetgang member Ans: any person who actually belongs to a gang,
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and who knowingly acts in the capacity of an agent or voluntarily
associates himself with a course or pattern of gang-related criminal
activity
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Course or Pattern of Criminal Activity 740 ILCS 147/10 Ans: 2 or more
gang-related criminal offenses committed when:
(1) at least one such offense was committed after the effective date of
this Act;
(2) both offenses were committed within 5 years of each other; and
(3) at least one offense involved the solicitation to commit, conspiracy to
commit, attempt to commit, or commission of any offense defined as a
felony or forcible felony
- also means one or more acts of criminal defacement of property if the
defacement includes a sign or other symbol intended to identify the
streetgang.
Criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds or public property
adjacent to school grounds and criminal street gang recruitment of a
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minor. Ans: 1. When on school grounds or public property adjacent to
school grounds, he or she knowingly threatens the use of physical force
to coerce, solicit, recruit, or induce another person to join or remain a
member of a criminal street gang, or conspires to do so.
2. Criminal street gang recruitment of a minor when he or she threatens
the use of physical force to coerce, solicit, recruit, or induce another
person to join or remain a member of a criminal street gang, or conspires
to do so, whether or not such threat is communicated in person, by
means of the Internet, or by means of a telecommunications device
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CLASS 1 FELONY
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Unlawful Possession of a
Firearm by a Street Gang Member Ans: (1) possesses or carries on their
person, a firearm or ammunition while on any street, road, alley,
gangway, sidewalk, or any other lands, except when inside his or her
own abode or inside his or her fixed place of business, and has not been
issued a currently valid FOID Card and is a member of a gang
(2) possesses or carries in any vehicle a firearm and firearm ammunition
which are both immediately accessible at the time of the offense while
on any street, road, alley, or any other lands, except when inside his or
her own abode or garage, and has not been issued a currently valid
FOID Card and is a member of a gang.
CLASS 2 FELONY
Unlawful participation in street gang related activity Ans: Knowingly
commits any act in furtherance of gang activity AFTER having been
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(1) Sentenced to probation, conditional discharge, or supervision for a
criminal offense with a condition of that sentence being to refrain from
direct or indirect contact with a street gang member or member(s);
(2) Released on bond for any criminal offense with a condition of that
bond being to refrain from direct or indirect contact with a street gang
member or member(s);
(3) Ordered by a judge in any non-criminal proceeding to refrain from
direct or indirect contact with a street gang member or member(s); or
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(4) released from the Illinois Department of Corrections on a condition of
parole or mandatory supervised release that he or she refrain from direct
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or indirect contact with a street gang member or member(s)
CLASS A MISDEMEANOR
Peace Officer or Correctional Officer; Gang related activity prohibited
720 ILCS 5/33-4 Ans: It is unlawful for a peace officer or correctional
officer to knowingly commit any act in furtherance of gang-related
activities, except when acting in furtherance of an undercover law
enforcement investigation.
CLASS 3 FELONY
The People of the State of Illinois v Jose A. Becerra Ans: Aurora police
officer Ron McNeff testified as an expert in gangs, gang membership,
and gang identification in Aurora. McNeff testified that the Latin Kings'
colors were black and gold or yellow. One could become a member of
a gang by being blessed in or beaten in. According to McNeff, to be
blessed in, one "would have to gain the respect of a gang through a
relative."
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McNeff formed the opinion that defendant was a member of the Latin
Kings.
Latin King Andrew Bueno, Latin King Armando Delgado went on a
shooting spree and were charged. Christopher Contreras committed a
murder for the gang against a rival member.
McNeff testified that the opinion was based on, among other things,
gang contact information, defendant's admission that he had been
blessed into the Latin Kings, and his clothing when apprehended.
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2019 IL People v Murray (Supreme Court) Ans: -The State presented no
evidence of the Latin Kings' involvement in specific crimes as required by
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the Act. did not identify the Latin Kings' commission of particular offenses
on certain dates. Furthermore, the State provided no other witnesses
who testified to specific offenses committed by the Latin Kings during the
relevant time period that would satisfy the statutory definition of a
"streetgang."
-An essential element of proof to sustain a conviction cannot be inferred
but must be established.
"People" and the "Folks." Ans: Mid 1970's, Latin gangs, African American
gangs and Caucasian gangs merged into two major groupings, the
"People" and the "Folks."
These groups were formed in the IDOC by incarcerated members
seeking protection through coalition building. These two alliances remain
enemies and continue to exits within the prison system and on the street.
Hybrid/Scavenger Gangs Ans: · Gangs with national ties break off into
sub-set groups
