As a 67-year-old woman became more senile, she became more demanding. One day she
demanded repeatedly to have her hair brushed. Her daughter brushed it again and again and
became increasingly frustrated. Finally, the daughter got so frustrated, after the mother asked
her to brush her hair again, that she hit her mother repeatedly with the brush.
The daughter did not commit a crime. True / False
Correct Answer: False - elder abuse because she caused her mother physical pain.
A hitchhiker was picked up by a passing driver. As he entered the car, the hitchhiker asked the
driver to drop him off at a specific location. The driver agreed initially, but later drove past the
specified location in spite of the hitchhiker's protests. The driver took the hitchhiker to another
location against the hitchhiker's will, refused to stop, and refused to let him out of the car when
he asked to leave.
Has a crime been committed?
Correct Answer: kidnapping (felony)
because the hitchhiker's consent was withdrawn when he wanted to get out, but the driver
refused.
A man wanted to date a coworker. One day in the company parking lot, he saw her next to her
car which had a flat tire. The man offered to give her a ride to the gas station. When she
refused, he grabbed her, shoved her into the car, locked the doors, and drove until they entered
another state.
The man committed false imprisonment. true/false
,Correct Answer: False- kidnapping (felony)
During a break in courtroom proceedings, two attorneys entered an empty elevator. Without
warning, the defense attorney pushed the emergency button and began to harass the
prosecuting attorney about a suspected ethics violation. When the prosecutor demanded to get
off the elevator, the defense attorney refused to reactivate it.
has a crime occurred?
Correct Answer: yes = False imprisonment - maybe felony if violence, menace, fraud, or deceit
was used
A man lured his ex-girlfriend into his car and then locked the doors to keep her from leaving. He
would not unlock the doors until she promised to meet him for a date that weekend.
the man committed False imprisonment, Felony
Correct Answer: true - deceit
A boy lived with his father who had legal custody, but the boy still wanted to see his mother, the
man's ex-wife. The boy's father decided to allow the boy to visit with his mother and took him
to the mother's apartment. When he came to pick the boy up, the mother refused to let the
boy go home with his father.
What Crime, if any, did the Mother commit?
Correct Answer: child abduction without custodial right - Felony
because she prevented the child from returning to his father, the custodial parent.
Martinez and his wife, in the process of a divorce, obtained a temporary custodial decree. The
decree granted them joint custody of their 6-month-old daughter. Martinez was to have the
daughter on weekends. Martinez decided to go on an extended weekend trip with his daughter
and did not tell his wife. When he did not arrive with their daughter at the normal time his wife
frantically called him. He told his wife that she did not need to worry and indicated he would
, bring their daughter back in a few days. Martinez further stated to his wife that since she had
never treated him right during their marriage, he felt that she deserved to know how it felt to
be mistreated.
Martinez committed the crime of child abduction without custodial right. True/False
Correct Answer: False - child abduction with custodial right - Felony
Two men argued over the final results of the football game. The first man didn't think his friend
knew what he was talking about and spit at him; the spittle landed on his friend's shirt.
What crime, if any, occurred?
Correct Answer: The first man has committed the crime of battery because he made contact
even though he caused no harm. - Misd.
A woman walked into the local bar and saw her boyfriend with another woman. She went to the
table and hit him on the head. He fell off his barstool, struck his head on the floor and was
knocked unconscious.
What crime, if any, occurred?
Correct Answer: battery causing/inflicting serious bodily injury. - Felony
Two men were arguing during a baseball game. One man picked up a baseball bat and swung at
the other man. The second man ducked to avoid being hit on the head.
The first man only committed assault because he did not actually hit the second man.
True/False
Correct Answer: False - assault with a deadly weapon because he attempted to cause harm by
using the bat as a weapon. (BGI only needs to be likely)