SOCE STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026 GRADED A+
✔✔Things you don't need a search warrant for - ✔✔Plain view, mobile conveyance ,
exigency circumstances ( destruction of evidence, fresh pursuit, emergency scene )
✔✔Carroll doctrine - ✔✔Probable cause is required for a mobile conveyance search
✔✔Exigent circumstances - ✔✔Are certain emergencies such as the case of evidence
destruction, an emergency scene, or fresh pursuit a warrant less entry
✔✔Inventory - ✔✔Are not designed to search for evidence but to protect the arrested
persons property and to protect the officer from accusations of theft
✔✔Forfeiture - ✔✔Is a civil proceeding in which the law enforcement agency asks he
court to transfer ownership of the property from the defendant to the government
✔✔Probable cause affidavit - ✔✔Also called a arrest affidavit, is a sworn , written
statement by a law enforcement officer establishing certain facts and circumstances to
justify an arrest
✔✔Custody - ✔✔The person is deprived of freedom in a significant way
✔✔Corpus delicti - ✔✔Body of the offense
✔✔Theft - ✔✔Knowingly and unlawfully obtained or used or endeavored to obtain or
use property of another
✔✔Theft - ✔✔The offender did so with intent , either temporarily or permanently, to
deprive the victim of his or her right to the property or any benefit from it; or appropriate
the property of the victim to his or her own use of any person not entitled to it
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Took possession or carried away merchandise
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Altered or removed a label or price tag from merchandise
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Transferred merchandise from one container to another
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Removed a shopping chart from a merchants premises
✔✔Petit theft - ✔✔If the property stolen is valued at less than $300 , misdemeanor
✔✔Grand theft - ✔✔If the property stolen is valued at over $300
,✔✔Robbery - ✔✔The offender took the money from the victim or From custody of the
victim
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔Force, violence , assault , or putting in fear of violence was used in the
course of the taking
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔The property was taken was of some value
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔The taking was with the intent to permanently or temporarily deprive
the victim of his or her right to the property or any benefit from it
✔✔Robbery by sudden snatching - ✔✔The victim was or become aware of the act in
the course of taking it
✔✔Carjacking - ✔✔The offender took the motor vehicle from the victim or custody of the
victim
✔✔Carjacking - ✔✔The taking was with he intent to permanently or temporarily deprive
the victim of his or her right to the vehicle or any benefit from it
✔✔Home invasion robbery - ✔✔The offender entered the dwelling of the victim
✔✔Home invasion robbery - ✔✔At the time the offender entered the dwelling, he or she
intended to commit robbery
✔✔Home invasion robbery - ✔✔While inside the dwelling, the offender did commit
robbery
✔✔Trespass- in structure or conveyance - ✔✔Without being authorized , licensed , or
invited , willfully or remained in any structure or conveyance , or having been authorized
, licensed , or invited , was warned by the owner or lessee of the premises , or person
authorized by the by the owner or lessee, to depart and refuse to do so
✔✔Structure - ✔✔Means a building of any kind , either temporary or permanent, which
has a roof over it, together with the curt large thereof
✔✔Conveyance - ✔✔Means any motor vehicle , ship, vessel, railroad vehicle or car,
trailer , aircraft, it sleeping car : and " to enter a conveyance " includes taking apart any
portion of the conveyance
✔✔Trespass - on property other than a structure or conveyance - ✔✔Noticed against
entering or remaining was given , either by actual communication to the offender or via
posting , fencing , or cultivating of the property ; or the property was unenclosed
, curtilage of the dwelling and the offender entered or remained with the intent to commit
a crime there in other than trespass
✔✔Dwelling - ✔✔Means a building or conveyance of any kind , including any attached
porch , whether such building or conveyance is temporary or permanent, mobile or
immobile , which has a roof over it and is designed to be occupied by people lodging
therein at night
✔✔Burglary - ✔✔The offender entered a structure or conveyance owned by or in the
possession of the victim
✔✔Burglary - ✔✔The offender was not licensed or invited to enter the structure or
conveyance, or the premises were not open to the public at the time of the entering
✔✔Possession of burglary tools - ✔✔The offender committed some overt act toward the
commission of a burglary or trespass
✔✔Loitering or prowling - ✔✔The offender loitered and prowled in a place at the time or
in a manner not usual for law abiding individuals , and cause immediate concern for the
safety of persons or property in the vicinity
✔✔Assault - ✔✔The offender must intentionally and unlawfully threatened, either by
word or act , to do violence to the victim
✔✔Assault - ✔✔At the time, the offender appeared to have the ability to carry out the
threat
✔✔Assault - ✔✔The victim must have a well founded fear that the violence was about
to take place
✔✔aggravated assault - ✔✔The assault was made with a deadly weapon , or the
assault was made with a fully formed , conscious intent to commit the crime charges
upon the victim
✔✔Battery - ✔✔The offender intentionally touched or struck the victim against the
victims will
✔✔Battery - ✔✔The offender intentionally cause bodily hard to the victim
✔✔Felony battery - ✔✔The offender caused the victim great bodily harm , permanent
disability , or permanent disfigurement
✔✔Aggravated battery - ✔✔Intentionally or knowingly caused great bodily harm,
permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement to the victim
2025/2026 GRADED A+
✔✔Things you don't need a search warrant for - ✔✔Plain view, mobile conveyance ,
exigency circumstances ( destruction of evidence, fresh pursuit, emergency scene )
✔✔Carroll doctrine - ✔✔Probable cause is required for a mobile conveyance search
✔✔Exigent circumstances - ✔✔Are certain emergencies such as the case of evidence
destruction, an emergency scene, or fresh pursuit a warrant less entry
✔✔Inventory - ✔✔Are not designed to search for evidence but to protect the arrested
persons property and to protect the officer from accusations of theft
✔✔Forfeiture - ✔✔Is a civil proceeding in which the law enforcement agency asks he
court to transfer ownership of the property from the defendant to the government
✔✔Probable cause affidavit - ✔✔Also called a arrest affidavit, is a sworn , written
statement by a law enforcement officer establishing certain facts and circumstances to
justify an arrest
✔✔Custody - ✔✔The person is deprived of freedom in a significant way
✔✔Corpus delicti - ✔✔Body of the offense
✔✔Theft - ✔✔Knowingly and unlawfully obtained or used or endeavored to obtain or
use property of another
✔✔Theft - ✔✔The offender did so with intent , either temporarily or permanently, to
deprive the victim of his or her right to the property or any benefit from it; or appropriate
the property of the victim to his or her own use of any person not entitled to it
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Took possession or carried away merchandise
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Altered or removed a label or price tag from merchandise
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Transferred merchandise from one container to another
✔✔Retail theft - ✔✔Removed a shopping chart from a merchants premises
✔✔Petit theft - ✔✔If the property stolen is valued at less than $300 , misdemeanor
✔✔Grand theft - ✔✔If the property stolen is valued at over $300
,✔✔Robbery - ✔✔The offender took the money from the victim or From custody of the
victim
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔Force, violence , assault , or putting in fear of violence was used in the
course of the taking
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔The property was taken was of some value
✔✔Robbery - ✔✔The taking was with the intent to permanently or temporarily deprive
the victim of his or her right to the property or any benefit from it
✔✔Robbery by sudden snatching - ✔✔The victim was or become aware of the act in
the course of taking it
✔✔Carjacking - ✔✔The offender took the motor vehicle from the victim or custody of the
victim
✔✔Carjacking - ✔✔The taking was with he intent to permanently or temporarily deprive
the victim of his or her right to the vehicle or any benefit from it
✔✔Home invasion robbery - ✔✔The offender entered the dwelling of the victim
✔✔Home invasion robbery - ✔✔At the time the offender entered the dwelling, he or she
intended to commit robbery
✔✔Home invasion robbery - ✔✔While inside the dwelling, the offender did commit
robbery
✔✔Trespass- in structure or conveyance - ✔✔Without being authorized , licensed , or
invited , willfully or remained in any structure or conveyance , or having been authorized
, licensed , or invited , was warned by the owner or lessee of the premises , or person
authorized by the by the owner or lessee, to depart and refuse to do so
✔✔Structure - ✔✔Means a building of any kind , either temporary or permanent, which
has a roof over it, together with the curt large thereof
✔✔Conveyance - ✔✔Means any motor vehicle , ship, vessel, railroad vehicle or car,
trailer , aircraft, it sleeping car : and " to enter a conveyance " includes taking apart any
portion of the conveyance
✔✔Trespass - on property other than a structure or conveyance - ✔✔Noticed against
entering or remaining was given , either by actual communication to the offender or via
posting , fencing , or cultivating of the property ; or the property was unenclosed
, curtilage of the dwelling and the offender entered or remained with the intent to commit
a crime there in other than trespass
✔✔Dwelling - ✔✔Means a building or conveyance of any kind , including any attached
porch , whether such building or conveyance is temporary or permanent, mobile or
immobile , which has a roof over it and is designed to be occupied by people lodging
therein at night
✔✔Burglary - ✔✔The offender entered a structure or conveyance owned by or in the
possession of the victim
✔✔Burglary - ✔✔The offender was not licensed or invited to enter the structure or
conveyance, or the premises were not open to the public at the time of the entering
✔✔Possession of burglary tools - ✔✔The offender committed some overt act toward the
commission of a burglary or trespass
✔✔Loitering or prowling - ✔✔The offender loitered and prowled in a place at the time or
in a manner not usual for law abiding individuals , and cause immediate concern for the
safety of persons or property in the vicinity
✔✔Assault - ✔✔The offender must intentionally and unlawfully threatened, either by
word or act , to do violence to the victim
✔✔Assault - ✔✔At the time, the offender appeared to have the ability to carry out the
threat
✔✔Assault - ✔✔The victim must have a well founded fear that the violence was about
to take place
✔✔aggravated assault - ✔✔The assault was made with a deadly weapon , or the
assault was made with a fully formed , conscious intent to commit the crime charges
upon the victim
✔✔Battery - ✔✔The offender intentionally touched or struck the victim against the
victims will
✔✔Battery - ✔✔The offender intentionally cause bodily hard to the victim
✔✔Felony battery - ✔✔The offender caused the victim great bodily harm , permanent
disability , or permanent disfigurement
✔✔Aggravated battery - ✔✔Intentionally or knowingly caused great bodily harm,
permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement to the victim
