Criminal defense quiz

"Accidental Defense" can be claimed if....

• You had a lack of self control

• you committed the crime to avoid a greater evil

• you accidentally pulled the trigger of a gun you were pointing at someone as a threat

• None of the above

Which of the following scenarios could you assert the "necessity" defense?

• 2 days after a hurricane a man is walking through waist deep water. He is carrying a flat screen TV

• 2 days after a hurricane with no help in sight, a woman takes baby formula from a closed grocery store in which others had broken into through the window

• After a hurricane a woman shoots a man for verbally abusing her kids

• Before a hurricane a man steals a car to escape the hurricane.

Prior to entering your bank, a man grabs you and pints a gun into your ribs. He tells you that he will kill you unless you walk into the bank and hand the teller a note requesting that all of the bank's money be placed in a bag, or else the teller will be shot. With the gun stuck in your side you commit bank robbery. You can claim with defense?

• Irresistible impulse

• Entrapment

• Temporary Insanity

• Duress

PTSD Stands for

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Police Training and Security Department

• Prosecutor's Testimonial Suspect Defense

• Pre-Trial Sentencing Deliberations

Battered woman syndrome defence can be claimed if, based on a previous history of abuse from the actor, the victim acted out of fear of ______ from a probable assault by the actor.

• bodily injury

• serious bodily injury

• death

• all of the above

You may claim "entrapment" as a defense when it is impossible to control your conduct.

• True

• False

Duress is when you are coerced or forced by another person to commit a crime

• True

• False

A person comes at you with a knife. You grab a nearby baseball bat and swing it at the attackers head. The forced of the blow kills the attacker. You can claim self-defense?

• True

• False

All veterans of war can claim PTSD of ever accused of a crime

• True

• False

Juveniles can never be tried as an adult

• True

• False