LOUISIANA BAR EXAM CRIMINAL LAW 114
2026 EXAM PREPARATION PACK KEY CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE EVIDENCE RULES AND
CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES WITH SAMPLE
QUESTIONS
◉ Vehicular Negligent Injuring. Answer: (1) injuring by operation of
car/boat/plane
(2) when under influence of alcohol/drugs
◉ First Degree Vehicular Negligent Injuring. Answer: (1) - (2)
Vehicular Negligent Injuring
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(3) serious bodily injury
◉ False Imprisonment (General). Answer: (1) intentional
confinement or detention
(2) without consent
(3) without proper legal authority
◉ False Imprisonment with Dangerous Weapon. Answer: (1)
unlawful intentional confinement of another
,(2) while armed with a dangerous weapon
◉ Simple Criminal Damage to Property. Answer: (1) intentional
damaging of property without consent
(2) other than by fire or explosion
◉ Aggravated Criminal Damage to Property. Answer: (1) intentional
damaging of structure or movable
(2) other than by fire or explosion
(3) foreseeable that human life might be endangered
◉ Possession of Stolen Things. Answer: (1) intentional possessing
(2) of anything of value
(3) that has been the subject of robbery or theft
(4) when knew or had good reason to know the thing was stolen
◉ Defenses. Answer: (1) Infancy (<10 years)
(2) Insanity (incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong
because of mental disease or defect)
(3) Intoxication (involuntary or voluntary if precluded specific
intent)
(4) Mistake of Fact (reasonable, precludes mental element)
(5) Mistake of Law (ignorance of law is no defense)
, (6) Duress (threat of death or great bodily harm, reasonable belief
present and harm imminent, not a defense to murder)
◉ Justifiable Homicide. Answer: (1) Self-Defense (imminent danger
of great bodily harm and killing necessary to save self - not
aggressor)
(2) Prevent Felony (prevent violent or forcible felony involving great
bodily harm, reasonable belief offense imminent and force necessary
to prevent)
(3) Burglar (force against person in dwelling, business, or car,
person committing burglary or robbery, person reasonably likely to
use unlawful force against occupant)
(4) Intruder (person unlawfully in or attempting to get in dwelling,
business, car, reasonable to believe that deadly force necessary to
prevent entry or compel intruder to leave)
◉ Use of Nonlethal Force. Answer: (1) defendant used force to
prevent forcible offense or trespass against property in a person's
lawful possession
(2) force reasonably and apparently necessary to prevent offense
◉ Defense of Others. Answer: (1) force okay if the person attack
could have used the same means
◉ Principal. Answer: Person who commits criminal act
2026 EXAM PREPARATION PACK KEY CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE EVIDENCE RULES AND
CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES WITH SAMPLE
QUESTIONS
◉ Vehicular Negligent Injuring. Answer: (1) injuring by operation of
car/boat/plane
(2) when under influence of alcohol/drugs
◉ First Degree Vehicular Negligent Injuring. Answer: (1) - (2)
Vehicular Negligent Injuring
+
(3) serious bodily injury
◉ False Imprisonment (General). Answer: (1) intentional
confinement or detention
(2) without consent
(3) without proper legal authority
◉ False Imprisonment with Dangerous Weapon. Answer: (1)
unlawful intentional confinement of another
,(2) while armed with a dangerous weapon
◉ Simple Criminal Damage to Property. Answer: (1) intentional
damaging of property without consent
(2) other than by fire or explosion
◉ Aggravated Criminal Damage to Property. Answer: (1) intentional
damaging of structure or movable
(2) other than by fire or explosion
(3) foreseeable that human life might be endangered
◉ Possession of Stolen Things. Answer: (1) intentional possessing
(2) of anything of value
(3) that has been the subject of robbery or theft
(4) when knew or had good reason to know the thing was stolen
◉ Defenses. Answer: (1) Infancy (<10 years)
(2) Insanity (incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong
because of mental disease or defect)
(3) Intoxication (involuntary or voluntary if precluded specific
intent)
(4) Mistake of Fact (reasonable, precludes mental element)
(5) Mistake of Law (ignorance of law is no defense)
, (6) Duress (threat of death or great bodily harm, reasonable belief
present and harm imminent, not a defense to murder)
◉ Justifiable Homicide. Answer: (1) Self-Defense (imminent danger
of great bodily harm and killing necessary to save self - not
aggressor)
(2) Prevent Felony (prevent violent or forcible felony involving great
bodily harm, reasonable belief offense imminent and force necessary
to prevent)
(3) Burglar (force against person in dwelling, business, or car,
person committing burglary or robbery, person reasonably likely to
use unlawful force against occupant)
(4) Intruder (person unlawfully in or attempting to get in dwelling,
business, car, reasonable to believe that deadly force necessary to
prevent entry or compel intruder to leave)
◉ Use of Nonlethal Force. Answer: (1) defendant used force to
prevent forcible offense or trespass against property in a person's
lawful possession
(2) force reasonably and apparently necessary to prevent offense
◉ Defense of Others. Answer: (1) force okay if the person attack
could have used the same means
◉ Principal. Answer: Person who commits criminal act
