COLORADO POST EXAM PREP QUESTIONS ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE VERIFIED SOLUTION
Question:
What property crime can you use deadly force to defend against?
Answer:
First Degree Arson
Question:
Label each part of the following statute: 16-3-504(2.2)(a)(II)(A)
Answer:
16 - Title 3 - Article 504 - Section (2.2) - Subsection (a) - Paragraphs (II) - Sub-Paragraphs (A) -
Sub Sub-Paragraphs
Question:
18-1-402. Presumption of Innocence
Answer:
Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty
Question:
18-1-403. Legal Assistance and Supporting Services
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
Question:
,18-1-404 Preliminary hearing or waiver-dispositional hearing
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
Question:
How long for a speedy trial?
Answer:
180 days from the date of entry of a not guilty plea 18-1-405
Question:
How many jurors on a felony trial?
Answer:
12
Question:
How many jurors on a misdemeanor trial?
Answer:
6
Question:
18-1-407 Affirmative Defense
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
,Question:
If the issue involved in an affirmative defense is raised, then the guilt of the defendant must be.
Answer:
established beyond a reasonable doubt as to that issue as well as all other elements of the offense
Question:
Act
Answer:
a bodily movement, and includes words and possession of property
Question:
Conduct
Answer:
an act or omission and its accompanying state of mind or, where relevant, a series of acts of
omissions
Question:
Criminal Negligence
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
Question:
Culpable Mental State
Answer:
Intentionally Knowingly Recklessly Criminal negligence
, Question:
Intentionally
Answer:
when his conscious objective is to cause the specific result proscribed by the statute defining the
offense
Question:
Knowingly
Answer:
when he is aware that his conduct is of such nature or that such circumstance exists when he is
aware that his conduct is practically certain to cause the result
Question:
Omission
Answer:
a failure to perform an act as to which a duty of performance is imposed by law
Question:
Recklessly
Answer:
when he consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a result will occur or that a
circumstance exists
Question:
Voluntary Act
Answer:
Question:
What property crime can you use deadly force to defend against?
Answer:
First Degree Arson
Question:
Label each part of the following statute: 16-3-504(2.2)(a)(II)(A)
Answer:
16 - Title 3 - Article 504 - Section (2.2) - Subsection (a) - Paragraphs (II) - Sub-Paragraphs (A) -
Sub Sub-Paragraphs
Question:
18-1-402. Presumption of Innocence
Answer:
Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty
Question:
18-1-403. Legal Assistance and Supporting Services
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
Question:
,18-1-404 Preliminary hearing or waiver-dispositional hearing
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
Question:
How long for a speedy trial?
Answer:
180 days from the date of entry of a not guilty plea 18-1-405
Question:
How many jurors on a felony trial?
Answer:
12
Question:
How many jurors on a misdemeanor trial?
Answer:
6
Question:
18-1-407 Affirmative Defense
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
,Question:
If the issue involved in an affirmative defense is raised, then the guilt of the defendant must be.
Answer:
established beyond a reasonable doubt as to that issue as well as all other elements of the offense
Question:
Act
Answer:
a bodily movement, and includes words and possession of property
Question:
Conduct
Answer:
an act or omission and its accompanying state of mind or, where relevant, a series of acts of
omissions
Question:
Criminal Negligence
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
Question:
Culpable Mental State
Answer:
Intentionally Knowingly Recklessly Criminal negligence
, Question:
Intentionally
Answer:
when his conscious objective is to cause the specific result proscribed by the statute defining the
offense
Question:
Knowingly
Answer:
when he is aware that his conduct is of such nature or that such circumstance exists when he is
aware that his conduct is practically certain to cause the result
Question:
Omission
Answer:
a failure to perform an act as to which a duty of performance is imposed by law
Question:
Recklessly
Answer:
when he consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a result will occur or that a
circumstance exists
Question:
Voluntary Act
Answer:
