Colorado POST Study Guide Exam
Questions And Answers
What are the two types of arrest? -
correct answer ✅Custodial
Non-custodial
What property crime can you use deadly force to defend against? -
correct answer ✅First Degree Arson
Label each part of the following statute:
16-3-504(2.2)(a)(II)(A) -
correct answer ✅16 - Title
3 - Article
504 - Section
(2.2) - Subsection
(a) - Paragraphs
(II) - Sub-Paragraphs
(A) - Sub Sub-Paragraphs
18-1-402. Presumption of Innocence -
correct answer ✅Every person is presumed innocent until proved
guilty
,Colorado POST Study Guide Exam
Questions And Answers
18-1-403. Legal Assistance and Supporting Services -
correct answer ✅All indigent persons who are charged with or
held for the commission of a crime are entitled to legal
representation and supporting services at the state's expense
18-1-404 Preliminary hearing or waiver-dispositional hearing -
correct answer ✅Every person accused of a class 1, 2, or 3 felony
or level 1 or level 2 drug felony has the right to demand and receive
a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time to determine
whether PC exists
Only those persons charged with a class 4, 5, or 6 felony that
requires mandatory sentencing, or is charged with a crime of
violence or sexual offense, shall have the right to demand and
receive a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time to
determine whether PC exists
How long for a speedy trial? -
correct answer ✅180 days from the date of entry of a not guilty
plea
,Colorado POST Study Guide Exam
Questions And Answers
18-1-405
How many jurors on a felony trial? -
correct answer ✅12
How many jurors on a misdemeanor trial? -
correct answer ✅6
18-1-407 Affirmative Defense -
correct answer ✅means that unless the state's evidence raises the
issue involving the alleged defense, the defendant, to raise the
issue, shall present some credible evidence on that issue
If the issue involved in an affirmative defense is raised, then the
guilt of the defendant must be... -
correct answer ✅established beyond a reasonable doubt as to that
issue as well as all other elements of the offense
Act -
correct answer ✅a bodily movement, and includes words and
possession of property
, Colorado POST Study Guide Exam
Questions And Answers
Conduct -
correct answer ✅an act or omission and its accompanying state of
mind or, where relevant, a series of acts of omissions
Criminal Negligence -
correct answer ✅through a gross deviation from the standard of
care that a reasonable person would exercise, he fails to perceive a
substantial and unjustifiable risk that a result will occur or that a
circumstance exists
Culpable Mental State -
correct answer ✅Intentionally
Knowingly
Recklessly
Criminal negligence
Intentionally -
correct answer ✅when his conscious objective is to cause the
specific result proscribed by the statute defining the offense
Questions And Answers
What are the two types of arrest? -
correct answer ✅Custodial
Non-custodial
What property crime can you use deadly force to defend against? -
correct answer ✅First Degree Arson
Label each part of the following statute:
16-3-504(2.2)(a)(II)(A) -
correct answer ✅16 - Title
3 - Article
504 - Section
(2.2) - Subsection
(a) - Paragraphs
(II) - Sub-Paragraphs
(A) - Sub Sub-Paragraphs
18-1-402. Presumption of Innocence -
correct answer ✅Every person is presumed innocent until proved
guilty
,Colorado POST Study Guide Exam
Questions And Answers
18-1-403. Legal Assistance and Supporting Services -
correct answer ✅All indigent persons who are charged with or
held for the commission of a crime are entitled to legal
representation and supporting services at the state's expense
18-1-404 Preliminary hearing or waiver-dispositional hearing -
correct answer ✅Every person accused of a class 1, 2, or 3 felony
or level 1 or level 2 drug felony has the right to demand and receive
a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time to determine
whether PC exists
Only those persons charged with a class 4, 5, or 6 felony that
requires mandatory sentencing, or is charged with a crime of
violence or sexual offense, shall have the right to demand and
receive a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time to
determine whether PC exists
How long for a speedy trial? -
correct answer ✅180 days from the date of entry of a not guilty
plea
,Colorado POST Study Guide Exam
Questions And Answers
18-1-405
How many jurors on a felony trial? -
correct answer ✅12
How many jurors on a misdemeanor trial? -
correct answer ✅6
18-1-407 Affirmative Defense -
correct answer ✅means that unless the state's evidence raises the
issue involving the alleged defense, the defendant, to raise the
issue, shall present some credible evidence on that issue
If the issue involved in an affirmative defense is raised, then the
guilt of the defendant must be... -
correct answer ✅established beyond a reasonable doubt as to that
issue as well as all other elements of the offense
Act -
correct answer ✅a bodily movement, and includes words and
possession of property
, Colorado POST Study Guide Exam
Questions And Answers
Conduct -
correct answer ✅an act or omission and its accompanying state of
mind or, where relevant, a series of acts of omissions
Criminal Negligence -
correct answer ✅through a gross deviation from the standard of
care that a reasonable person would exercise, he fails to perceive a
substantial and unjustifiable risk that a result will occur or that a
circumstance exists
Culpable Mental State -
correct answer ✅Intentionally
Knowingly
Recklessly
Criminal negligence
Intentionally -
correct answer ✅when his conscious objective is to cause the
specific result proscribed by the statute defining the offense
