Quiz 5: Chapters 6 and 7

 Question 1

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A person who was the initial aggressor can gain a lawful right to self-defense if they

  

renounce themselves

 

  

tangentially abstain

 

  

completely withdraw

 

  

irrevocably abbreviate themselves

 

 

Question 2

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In regard to self-defense, which rule says that if you can avoid an attack by escaping, you must unless backing off unreasonably puts you in danger of death or serious bodily harm?

  

retreat rule

 

  

departure rule

 

  

flight rule

 

  

withdrawal rule

 

 

Question 3

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In regard to self-defense, what is the rule which states that defenders have no need to retreat when attacked at home?

  

common sense rule

 

  

reasonableness rule                                                                   

 

  

castle rule

 

  

home-guard rule

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 4

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If a peace officer has probable cause to arrest, the officer may use reasonable force to do all of the following except:

  

make the arrest and conduct any lawful searches

 

  

prevent escape

 

  

protect the officer

 

  

make the defendant answer questions

 

 

Question 5

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Which of the following is not one of the four elements of self-defense?

  

reasonable force

 

  

unprovoked attack

 

  

clear danger

 

  

necessity

 

 

Question 6

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For which type of immunity can a person still be charged with a crime based on evidence other than his/her testimony even though the testimony itself cannot be used against that person:

  

transactional immunity

 

  

diplomatic immunity

 

  

legislative immunity

 

  

use immunity

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 7

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An undercover police officer approached Mary and offered to sell her methamphetamine. Mary gave the undercover officer twenty dollars for a baggie of meth. Which defense can Mary claim?

  

diminished capacity

 

  

duress

 

  

none of the above

 

  

entrapment

 

 

Question 8

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Henry was the manager of a jewelry store, and his daughter was kidnapped. The kidnappers called Henry and told him to take all the diamonds from the store’s safe and leave them at a particular location or they would kill his daughter. Henry did as he was told, taking $500,000 worth of diamonds. Which defense can Henry claim?

  

entrapment

 

  

none of the above

 

  

diminished capacity

 

  

duress

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 9

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Vincent is awoken in the middle of the night by a sound outside his house. He takes a loaded .38 pistol from his nightstand and goes downstairs to check on the noise. He encounters a stranger in his living room. The stranger hits Vincent in the face and knocks him to the floor. As he gets up, he sees the man running out his front door. Vincent follows the man outside and shoots him as the man runs away. Vincent was justified in shooting the man.

  

True

 

  

False

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 10

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The general rule is that ignorance of the law is:

  

is a defense only in capital cases

 

  

not a defense

 

  

a defense only to crimes of violence

 

  

is a defense

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 11

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Jennifer gives Dylan a winning lottery ticket. Believing the ticket was real, Dylan goes to a local lottery office to collect the winnings. In reality, the ticket was fake, and Dylan is charged with fraud. Which defense will Dylan be able to raise?

  

duress

 

  

mistake of fact

 

  

mistake of law

 

  

entrapment

 

 

Question 12

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Federal agents contacted Jacob repeatedly trying to get Jacob to download child pornography from a fake website the agents set up. After 26 months, Jacob finally downloaded a couple videos containing child pornography to get the agents to stop harassing him. Which defense can Jacob claim?

  

none of the above

 

  

entrapment

 

  

duress

 

  

diminished capacity

 

 

Question 13

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Angela was violently throwing up because she ran out of heroin. Angela stole money to get more heroin, so she could feel better. Angela can claim the necessity defense.

  

True

 

  

False

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 14

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Defendants claiming the defense of alibi have the burden of proving that they were not at the scene of the crime by a preponderance of the evidence.

  

True

 

  

False

 

 

Question 15

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Kristina bummed a cigarette from a classmate at a party. Kristina did not know that the classmate had dipped the cigarette in PCP. The PCP in the cigarette caused Kristina to become violent and she started strangling another partygoer.  What excuse would Kristina likely use if she is tried for attempted murder?

  

voluntary intoxication

  

consent

  

involuntary intoxication

  

justification