Criminal Law Evaluation

Crimes can be committed against

• people
• property
• the public
• all of the above

What charge involves two or more people planning and completing the crime as a joint undertaking?

• solicitation
• inchoate offense
• conspiracy
• larceny

What charge involves the enticing, inviting, urging, or ordering someone to commit a crime?

• solicitation
• inchoate offense
• conspiracy
• attempt

The death of another caused by gross and/or extreme negligence without the intent to kill is known as

• voluntary manslaughter
• involuntary manslaughter
• first degree murder
• second degree manslaughter

When an individual is forced to commit a crime because someone is exerting influence over them, creating a fear for their own safety or the safety of others, the defense for the criminal conduct would be

• extortion
• involuntary conduct
• justifiable conduct
• entrapment

The degrees of murder were created to reflect

• the killer’s state of mind or circumstances surrounding the killing.
• more sympathetic juries.
• society’s view that all intentional killing is a crime.
• that rehabilitation can work in some cases.

Property crimes include all of the following except

• arson
• vandalism
• disorderly conduct
• shoplifting

An example of a defense in which the defendant committed a criminal act but the act was excusable or justifiable is

• alibi
• intoxication
• self-defense
• entrapment

Because criminal law is created by a legislative body, it is also known as

• statutory law
• civil law
• administrative law
• common law

A deal in which the prosecutor offers an accused an opportunity to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for the accused testifying against other involved parties is called a _?_.

• plea bargin
• voir dire
• immunity
• defense