Quiz 3 : Chapter 4

 Question 1

1 / 1 pts

________________________ is an agreement between two or more people to engage in criminal activity.

  

collaboration

 

  

complicity

 

  

collusion

 

  

conspiracy

 

 

Question 2

1 / 1 pts

Luis sends a letter to Alex offering $10,000 for Alex to kill Luis’s girlfriend.  The letter gets intercepted by the police and never reaches Alex.  Luis is

  

not guilty of anything

 

  

guilty of solicitation

 

  

guilty of attempted murder

 

  

guilty of conspiracy

 

 

Question 3

1 / 1 pts

Fernando provides a gun to Sam. Sam drives away alone and uses the gun to kill a rival gang member. Under modern law, Fernando is

  

a principal       

 

  

an accomplice

 

  

an accessory

 

  

a solicitor

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 4

0 / 1 pts

Maria knows that her brother is wanted for murder, and she allows her brother to hide out in her basement. At common law, Maria was

  

a principal in the first degree      

 

  

a principal in the second degree

 

  

an accessory before the fact

 

  

an accessory after the fact

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 5

0 / 1 pts

An inchoate crime is                                                                 

  

an incomplete crime

 

  

a status crime

 

  

a crime of omission

 

  

a crime of negligence

 

 

Question 6

1 / 1 pts

Sally is angry at her boyfriend Jim because he forgot her birthday.  She offers her neighbor $50 to break Jim’s leg.  Sally has just committed the crime of:

  

misprision of a felony

 

  

conspiracy

 

  

compounding a felony

 

  

solicitation

 

 

Question 7

1 / 1 pts

Which of the following are elements of criminal attempt?

  

intent to commit a specific crime

 

  

an act or acts to carry out the crime

 

  

failure to complete the crime

 

  

all of the above

 

 

Question 8

1 / 1 pts

Which rule states that one conspirator is liable for crimes committed by another conspirator, if those crimes were foreseeable and done in furtherance of the conspiracy?

  

Pinkerton Rule

 

  

Conspiratorial Rule

 

  

Common Design or Common Plan Rule

 

  

Principle Rule

 

 

Question 9

1 / 1 pts

Mike picks up a watch with intent to shoplift it when he has a change of heart.  He feels incredibly guilty that he even thought about stealing the watch.  Mike then walks away from the watch display without taking the watch.  Mike                    

  

has abandoned his crime and cannot be convicted of attempt

 

  

is guilty of grand theft

 

  

has not abandoned his crime

 

  

can only claim his act of conscience as a defense if he seeks absolution from a clergyman 

 

 

Question 10

1 / 1 pts

Impossibility is never a defense to the crime of attempt.

  

True

 

  

False

 

 

Question 11

1 / 1 pts

Under the Common Design Rule, people who are part of a conspiracy to commit a crime are liable for every action taken by any party in furtherance of the conspiracy.

  

True

 

  

False

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 12

0 / 1 pts

Buying a gun to unlawfully kill another human being is a substantial step toward completing the crime of murder, so a defendant can be convicted of attempted murder for purchasing the gun that he plans to use to kill someone.

  

True

 

  

False

 

 

Question 13

0 / 1 pts

What is the difference between an accomplice and an accessory in modern law? 

Your Answer:

Accomplice means to provide assistance to help the principal to hind or to be covered before the crime committed. Accessory means to help the principal after the crime, second degree murder. The pieces of evidence can be a conversation of knowing and physical evidence.

Accomplices do not have to be at the scene of the crime. They help before and/or during a crime. Accessories help after the crime has been committed.

 

Question 14

0 / 2 pts

Under what circumstances can withdrawal be a defense to the crime of conspiracy?
 
 

 

Your Answer:

There are few evidences or motion can be proved from one defendant is guilty if he was having actus reus and Mens Rea against a crime. He or she can proof alibi and impossibility, or no Mens Rea and actus reus was involved, like interest conflict or aiding and abeding even if the defender mention the one was involved.

You must improve your writing skills, so you can clearly state your responses Withdrawal is a defense if the defendant completely renounces their participation to all of the co-conspirators and must try to prevent the crime from happening