GPSTC CRIMINAL LAW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025

GPSTC CRIMINAL LAW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025 Is there attempted murder in GA? - ANS-No Jurisdiction O.C.G.A. 17-2-1 - ANS-Our power to exert to the full extent of the law because it is in our bounds (for law enforcement) Venue O.C.G.A. 17-2-2 - ANS-For the courts; Criminal action shall be tried in the county where the crime was committed Is there a statue of limitation for murder? - ANS-No Limitation of prosecution for a felony is how long? - ANS-4 years Prosecution for what offenses can commence at any time? - ANS-When DNA evidence is established to identify perpetrators in Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, Rape, Aggravated Child Molestation, Aggravated Sodomy or Aggravated Sexual Battery Prosecution for a misdemeanor shall be commenced within how much time? - ANS-2 years after the commission of a crime Can a female be charged with rape in GA? - ANS-No What is the general purpose of title 16 crimes and offenses? - ANS-Proportionate punishments, give fair warning of the nature of the conduct forbidden and the sentence, define which statues are crimes Entrapment O.C.G.A. 16-3-25 - ANS-Idea starts with law enforcement/officer, government officer or employee. Undue persuasion, incitement, or deceitful means Misfortune or accident not a crime - ANS-Not to be found guilty if the crime was committed by accident or no criminal negligence Statutory Rape O.C.G.A. 16-6-3 - ANS-Sexual intercourse with any person under the age of 16, Victim 14 but less than 16 years of age and the person convicted of statutory rape is 18 years of age or younger and is no more than four years older than the victim Rape O.C.G.A. 16-6-1 - ANS-(1) A female forcibly and against her will; or (2) A female who is less than ten years of age. 25 years to life followed by probation for life Murder O.C.G.A. 16-5-1 - ANS-A person commits the offense of murder when he unlawfully and with malice aforethought, either express or implied, causes the death of another human being Malice Murder - ANS-Malice shall be implied where no considerable provocation appears and where all the circumstances of the killing show an abandoned and malignant heart. Murder 2nd degree - ANS-A person commits the offense of murder in the second degree when, in the commission of cruelty to children in the second degree, he or she causes the death of another human being irrespective of malice. Continues...