GPSTC CRIMINAL LAW UPDATED EXAMS ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Theft by receiving stolen property O.C.G.A. 16-8-7 - ✔✔stolen property when he
receives disposes of or retains stolen property which he knows or should know was
stolen unless the property is received, disposed of, or retained with intent to restore it to
the owner.
✔✔forgery in the 3rd degree - ✔✔fake check 1,500$ or more and/or +10 blank fake
checks
✔✔criminal damage to property in 1st degree - ✔✔NO MONEY VALUE ; knowingly &
w/o authority interferes w/ proper in which endangers human life ; uses force or violence
to interfere w/ operations of any system of the public (communications, sewerage, ect.)
✔✔deposit account fraud - ✔✔person makes, draws, utters, executes, or delivers an
instrument for the payment of money on any bank or other depository in exchange for a
present consideration of wages, knowing that it will not be honored by the drawee.
A.K.A intentionally bouncing a check
✔✔entering automobile - ✔✔breaking and entering into vehicle with intent to commit a
theft or a felony
✔✔armed robbery - ✔✔intent to commit theft & takes property of another WITH A
WEAPON or a replica or a device that looks like a weapon.
✔✔obstruction of officers - MISDEMEANOR - ✔✔knowingly and willfully obstructs or
hinders any law enforcement personal
ex: lying
✔✔Possession of tools for the commission of a crime - ✔✔possessing any tool,
explosive, or device commonly used in burglary, theft, or other similar crimes
✔✔venue - ✔✔crime shall be considered committed in any state in which they
exercised control of stolen property
✔✔robbery - ✔✔takes property of another by force, by threatening to use violence, or
snatching
✔✔theft by taking - ✔✔unlawfully takes property of another
✔✔felony - ✔✔robbery against a 65 yr old person is considered a ?
, ✔✔arson in 2nd degree - ✔✔damages or causes fire to any building, not a dwelling,
and it DOES NOT endanger human life
ex: she shed
✔✔forgery in the first degree - ✔✔PRESENTS a fraudulent item and knowingly tries to
pass it
ex: gives 100$ to cashier for payment or check with forged signature
✔✔criminal trespassing - ✔✔DAMAGING property of 500.00$ or less, knowingly &
maliciously INTERFERING with property of another w/o consent (can be seen as
vandalizing or blocking entrance to a business)
✔✔theft by deception - ✔✔obtains property by deceitful means w/ intentions of
depriving the owner of property (false impressions)
✔✔theft by shoplifting - ✔✔alone or with another person concealed or takes goods,
alters price tags, transfers goods from one container to another, interchanges labels, or
wrongfully causes amount paid to be less
✔✔criminal damage to property in 2nd degree - ✔✔damages any property w/o consent
of owner worth 500.00$ or more ; recklessly or intentionally damage property of another
person through fire or explosives
✔✔if worth less than 1,500$ it is a? - ✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔burglary 2nd degree - ✔✔w/o authority and with intent to commit a felony or theft in
a structure, building, or anything OTHER THEN DWELLING
✔✔arson in 3rd degree - ✔✔knowingly causes fire to personal property of $25.00 or
more
✔✔forgery in 2nd degree - ✔✔POSSESSES a fraudulent item
ex: having a fake ID
✔✔obstruction of officers - FELONY - ✔✔knowingly and willfully resist, obstructs, or
opposes
(can be referenced to a simple assault on a civilian)
✔✔smash & grab burglary - ✔✔intentionally and without authority enters place of retail
with intent to commit theft and causes DAMAGES in EXCESS of 500.00$
✔✔forgery in the 4th degree - ✔✔fake check UNDER 1,500$ and/or < 10 blank fake
checks
THE ONLY ONE CHARGED AS A MISD. ; after the 3rd it becomes a felony
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Theft by receiving stolen property O.C.G.A. 16-8-7 - ✔✔stolen property when he
receives disposes of or retains stolen property which he knows or should know was
stolen unless the property is received, disposed of, or retained with intent to restore it to
the owner.
✔✔forgery in the 3rd degree - ✔✔fake check 1,500$ or more and/or +10 blank fake
checks
✔✔criminal damage to property in 1st degree - ✔✔NO MONEY VALUE ; knowingly &
w/o authority interferes w/ proper in which endangers human life ; uses force or violence
to interfere w/ operations of any system of the public (communications, sewerage, ect.)
✔✔deposit account fraud - ✔✔person makes, draws, utters, executes, or delivers an
instrument for the payment of money on any bank or other depository in exchange for a
present consideration of wages, knowing that it will not be honored by the drawee.
A.K.A intentionally bouncing a check
✔✔entering automobile - ✔✔breaking and entering into vehicle with intent to commit a
theft or a felony
✔✔armed robbery - ✔✔intent to commit theft & takes property of another WITH A
WEAPON or a replica or a device that looks like a weapon.
✔✔obstruction of officers - MISDEMEANOR - ✔✔knowingly and willfully obstructs or
hinders any law enforcement personal
ex: lying
✔✔Possession of tools for the commission of a crime - ✔✔possessing any tool,
explosive, or device commonly used in burglary, theft, or other similar crimes
✔✔venue - ✔✔crime shall be considered committed in any state in which they
exercised control of stolen property
✔✔robbery - ✔✔takes property of another by force, by threatening to use violence, or
snatching
✔✔theft by taking - ✔✔unlawfully takes property of another
✔✔felony - ✔✔robbery against a 65 yr old person is considered a ?
, ✔✔arson in 2nd degree - ✔✔damages or causes fire to any building, not a dwelling,
and it DOES NOT endanger human life
ex: she shed
✔✔forgery in the first degree - ✔✔PRESENTS a fraudulent item and knowingly tries to
pass it
ex: gives 100$ to cashier for payment or check with forged signature
✔✔criminal trespassing - ✔✔DAMAGING property of 500.00$ or less, knowingly &
maliciously INTERFERING with property of another w/o consent (can be seen as
vandalizing or blocking entrance to a business)
✔✔theft by deception - ✔✔obtains property by deceitful means w/ intentions of
depriving the owner of property (false impressions)
✔✔theft by shoplifting - ✔✔alone or with another person concealed or takes goods,
alters price tags, transfers goods from one container to another, interchanges labels, or
wrongfully causes amount paid to be less
✔✔criminal damage to property in 2nd degree - ✔✔damages any property w/o consent
of owner worth 500.00$ or more ; recklessly or intentionally damage property of another
person through fire or explosives
✔✔if worth less than 1,500$ it is a? - ✔✔Misdemeanor
✔✔burglary 2nd degree - ✔✔w/o authority and with intent to commit a felony or theft in
a structure, building, or anything OTHER THEN DWELLING
✔✔arson in 3rd degree - ✔✔knowingly causes fire to personal property of $25.00 or
more
✔✔forgery in 2nd degree - ✔✔POSSESSES a fraudulent item
ex: having a fake ID
✔✔obstruction of officers - FELONY - ✔✔knowingly and willfully resist, obstructs, or
opposes
(can be referenced to a simple assault on a civilian)
✔✔smash & grab burglary - ✔✔intentionally and without authority enters place of retail
with intent to commit theft and causes DAMAGES in EXCESS of 500.00$
✔✔forgery in the 4th degree - ✔✔fake check UNDER 1,500$ and/or < 10 blank fake
checks
THE ONLY ONE CHARGED AS A MISD. ; after the 3rd it becomes a felony
