MPTC POLICE ACADAMY CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW
QUESTIONS (A NEW UPDATED VERSION) 2024 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (FULL
REVISED EXAM) |ALREADY GRADED A+ BRAND NEW!!
Direct Evidence - ANSWER: Based on personal knowledge or observations.
Proves a fact without the need of inferences or presumptions
(Video of a robbery, witness saw a suspect strike the victim of a A&B)
Physical Evidence - ANSWER: tangible evidence, you can touch it. (objects, property
seized during searches)
Testimonial Evidence - ANSWER: statements made by victims, witnesses, suspects or
police
examples
Statements made directly to the police
spontaneous utterance overheard by witnesses
written statements
Interview and interrogation recordings
Circumstantial Evidence - ANSWER: Deductions are drawn
evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly
(fingerprints at the scene of a robbery, links the person to the location, but not
necessarily the crime)
Exulpatory evidence - ANSWER: evidence, including statements ,that are helpful to
the defense
Define Reliability - ANSWER: the value of physical evidence (tangible) is directly
related to the chain of custody. If it has been tampered with, it is not reliable. be in
the same condition as it was founded, in the court.
define chain of custody - ANSWER: chronological documentation of evidence, from
the moment seized to when it is presented in court.
best practices for chain of custody shows 5 things... - ANSWER: 1. date/time/location
where it was seized
2. name of officer who seized it
3. all dates/times when evidence was transferred/to who
4. names of all people in contact
5. full description of evidence for positive ID
Define relevance (2) - ANSWER: evidence is relevant if ...
1 - it has a tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be without
the evidence
, 2 - the fact is of importance in determining the action.
(person A sold person B a firearm w/ no S Number. the firearm used in the robbery.
court just needs to know that person A knew it was defaced, not that he defaced it)
Criminal Intent - ANSWER: for an act to be criminal, it must be committed with a
criminal mind, called intent.
what do most crimes require? - ANSWER: general intent.
General Intent - ANSWER: offender "knowingly" acts but does not necessarily desire
the results of the act. it only requires offenders to have the intent to commit the act
resulting in crime.
(OUI)
Does general intent require offenders to know they are breaking the law? - ANSWER:
No
Specific Intent - ANSWER: the offender has a purposeful state of mind to accomplish
the precise criminal act.
(breaking into a house to steal a ring - specific purpose was to break into the house)
Transferred Intent - ANSWER: exists when an offender intends to harm one person
but ends up harming another. (King goes to shoot Sharkey, but misses and hits
Wade)
Knowingly in regards to intent - ANSWER: with knowledge, intelligently,
intentionally. he acts with awareness of the nature of his conduct
Accident in regards to Intent - ANSWER: unexpected happening that occurs without
intention or design on suspects part.
Malice in regards to Intent - ANSWER: state of mind of cruelty, hostility or revenge
Negligent in regards to Intent - ANSWER: an idiot
failure to use a degree of care in which a reasonably prudent person would use
under the circumstances, by doing something a reasonably prudent person would do
under the same circumstances, or would not do under the same circumstances
Define reckless in regards to Intent - ANSWER: an a--hole
if they know or should have known that their actions would cause substantial harm,
but took the risk and did so anyway
Wanton in regards to Intent - ANSWER: conduct the suspect knew would create a
risk of substantial damage or destruction to another person's property.
or
conduct that a reasonable person would have realized posed a risk of substantial
damage or destrcution of another's property
QUESTIONS (A NEW UPDATED VERSION) 2024 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (FULL
REVISED EXAM) |ALREADY GRADED A+ BRAND NEW!!
Direct Evidence - ANSWER: Based on personal knowledge or observations.
Proves a fact without the need of inferences or presumptions
(Video of a robbery, witness saw a suspect strike the victim of a A&B)
Physical Evidence - ANSWER: tangible evidence, you can touch it. (objects, property
seized during searches)
Testimonial Evidence - ANSWER: statements made by victims, witnesses, suspects or
police
examples
Statements made directly to the police
spontaneous utterance overheard by witnesses
written statements
Interview and interrogation recordings
Circumstantial Evidence - ANSWER: Deductions are drawn
evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly
(fingerprints at the scene of a robbery, links the person to the location, but not
necessarily the crime)
Exulpatory evidence - ANSWER: evidence, including statements ,that are helpful to
the defense
Define Reliability - ANSWER: the value of physical evidence (tangible) is directly
related to the chain of custody. If it has been tampered with, it is not reliable. be in
the same condition as it was founded, in the court.
define chain of custody - ANSWER: chronological documentation of evidence, from
the moment seized to when it is presented in court.
best practices for chain of custody shows 5 things... - ANSWER: 1. date/time/location
where it was seized
2. name of officer who seized it
3. all dates/times when evidence was transferred/to who
4. names of all people in contact
5. full description of evidence for positive ID
Define relevance (2) - ANSWER: evidence is relevant if ...
1 - it has a tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be without
the evidence
, 2 - the fact is of importance in determining the action.
(person A sold person B a firearm w/ no S Number. the firearm used in the robbery.
court just needs to know that person A knew it was defaced, not that he defaced it)
Criminal Intent - ANSWER: for an act to be criminal, it must be committed with a
criminal mind, called intent.
what do most crimes require? - ANSWER: general intent.
General Intent - ANSWER: offender "knowingly" acts but does not necessarily desire
the results of the act. it only requires offenders to have the intent to commit the act
resulting in crime.
(OUI)
Does general intent require offenders to know they are breaking the law? - ANSWER:
No
Specific Intent - ANSWER: the offender has a purposeful state of mind to accomplish
the precise criminal act.
(breaking into a house to steal a ring - specific purpose was to break into the house)
Transferred Intent - ANSWER: exists when an offender intends to harm one person
but ends up harming another. (King goes to shoot Sharkey, but misses and hits
Wade)
Knowingly in regards to intent - ANSWER: with knowledge, intelligently,
intentionally. he acts with awareness of the nature of his conduct
Accident in regards to Intent - ANSWER: unexpected happening that occurs without
intention or design on suspects part.
Malice in regards to Intent - ANSWER: state of mind of cruelty, hostility or revenge
Negligent in regards to Intent - ANSWER: an idiot
failure to use a degree of care in which a reasonably prudent person would use
under the circumstances, by doing something a reasonably prudent person would do
under the same circumstances, or would not do under the same circumstances
Define reckless in regards to Intent - ANSWER: an a--hole
if they know or should have known that their actions would cause substantial harm,
but took the risk and did so anyway
Wanton in regards to Intent - ANSWER: conduct the suspect knew would create a
risk of substantial damage or destruction to another person's property.
or
conduct that a reasonable person would have realized posed a risk of substantial
damage or destrcution of another's property
