Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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When
returning from Africa, Mary brings what she believes is ivory into the United States, even though it
is illegal to bring ivory into the country. However, the item is really made of plastic. Mary
has a. | committed no
crime. | b. | committed a crime because she has criminal
intent. | c. | the defense of diminished capacity. | d. | the defense of
an honest and reasonable mistake. | | |
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If
the jury determines that this defense exists, the defendant can still be convicted of some
crime. a. | alibi | c. | infancy | b. | intoxication | d. | self-defense | | | | |
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Nicholas is awakened at night by someone stealing his car. He takes his gun and chases
the thief in his wife’s car. He shoots at the car and kills the driver. Nicholas
is a. | not guilty of
criminal homicide because of self-defense. | b. | not guilty of criminal homicide because of defense of
property. | c. | not guilty of criminal homicide because of
alibi. | d. | guilty of criminal homicide and has no
defense. | | |
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Leo
has been hospitalized during acute psychotic episodes seven times. While out in the community, he
orders food in a restaurant. He feels he is being slighted and even though he knows it is wrong, he
pulls out a gun and shoots the cook dead. He is charged with criminal homicide and will be
found a. | not guilty
because he is criminally insane. | b. | guilty but mentally ill. | c. | guilty and will
not have the defense of criminal insanity. | d. | not guilty because he lacked criminal
intent. | | |
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A
gang member points a gun at Tran and tells him that if he does not kill a rival gang member, he will
kill him. Tran kills the rival gang member and would have a. | no
defense. | c. | the defense of
necessity. | b. | the defense of duress. | d. | the defense of diminished capacity. | | | | |
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Completion
Complete each sentence or
statement.
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Complete each of the following statements with the appropriate choice below.
Some choices are not used.
alibi | duress | entrapment | insanity | intoxication | necessity | no crime was committed | self-defense | | |
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Heidi is
charged with first-degree murder. She was drunk when she killed the man. She can claim the defense of
____________________.
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Police
persuade Nguyen’s girlfriend to put extreme pressure on Nguyen to buy drugs. Nguyen resists but
eventually gives in and buys drugs. At his trial on drug charges, Nguyen can claim the defense of
____________________.
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Teddy was
threatened with death by a gang member if he did not steal a six-pack of beer from a convenience
store. In his trial for shoplifting, Teddy can claim the defense of
____________________.
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Deidra is
charged with murder after she shoots and kills a man with a gun who broke into her home. She can
claim the defense of ____________________.
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George agrees to buy stolen property from Gabriel. However, the property that Gabriel
sells him is not stolen. George can claim the defense that ____________________.
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. Some items will not be
used. a. | alibi | e. | entrapment | b. | defense of property | f. | guilty but mentally ill | c. | duress | g. | necessity | d. | embezzlement | h. | self-defense | | | | |
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verdict
under which the defendant is sent to a mental hospital until he or she recovers and then transferred
to prison
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12.
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defense used
whereby the defendant admits committing the crime, but claims he or she was persuaded to do so by a
law enforcement officer
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defense used whereby the defendant claims that he was not the one who did the
killing
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defense whereby defendant claims that he or she was threatened with immediate danger
to life or safety if he or she did not commit the crime
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defense that, along with the defense of duress, cannot be used as a defense to
homicide
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Determine under which of these four headings each defense or defense description
belongs. a. | No crime has
been committed. | b. | Defendant did not commit the crime. | c. | Defendant
committed a criminal act, but the act was excusable or justifiable. | d. | Defendant
committed a criminal act, but is not criminally responsible for his or her
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duress
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infancy
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alibi
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necessity
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no
criminal intent
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self-defense
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22.
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intoxication
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defense of others
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24.
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use
of DNA to establish defense
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entrapment
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no
criminal act committed
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insanity
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28.
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defense of property
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