MPOETC Final Exam Study Guide – Questions and Answers |
2027/2028 | A+ Grade (Comprehensive Exam Preparation Material)
Types of Culpability - (answer)Intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, negligently
Felony 1 jail time - (answer)more than 10 years
Felony 2 Jail Time - (answer)Not more than 10 years
Felony 3 Jail Time - (answer)Not more than 7 years
Misdemeanor 1 Jail Time - (answer)Not more than 5 years
Misdemeanor 2 Jail TIme - (answer)Not more than 2 years
Misdemeanor 3 Jail Time - (answer)Not more than 1 year
Summary Offense - (answer)Not classified as a crime
No more than 90 Days in jail
Fine under 500$
Graham v Connor - (answer)Objectively Reasonable Standard
- would an officer facing a similar situation do something like/similar to the Officer
Tennesse v Garner - (answer)Deadly force is justified when
- the severity of the crime at issue
- whether the suspect posed an immediate threat to police officers or the public
- whether the suspect was actively resisting or trying to evade arrest by flight
, MPOETC Final Exam Study Guide – Questions and Answers |
2027/2028 | A+ Grade (Comprehensive Exam Preparation Material)
Which amendment allows probable cause? - (answer)4th amendment
Instrument of a crime - (answer)anything that can be used to harm someone
ex. Burglary, crowbar or screwdriver etc
Criminal Mischief ex - (answer)Intentionally damages real or personal property of another
ex. Beat neighbors car with a sledge
903 Conspirator - (answer)Agree to engage in a crime (attempt or solicitation)
Agrees to aid someone in a crime (attempt or solicitation)
4th Amendment - (answer)Right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures
Williams v Nix - (answer)Inevitable Discovery
US supreme court ruled that when police prove that illegally seized evidence would have been legally
discovered any way, then the evidence is admissible.
Commonwealth v Sparks: Inevitable discovery is adopted for police officers in PA
Mapp v Ohio - (answer)Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence seized
illegally cannot be used in court)
Arizona v Hicks - (answer)- Bullet fired through an apt. floor, police enter looking for
shooter/victims/weapons, they seize weapons and then notice stereo equipment, wrote down serial
numbers
- Exigent circumstances ended when weapons were seized, so stereo equipment is out (needed a
warrant and independent PC)
2027/2028 | A+ Grade (Comprehensive Exam Preparation Material)
Types of Culpability - (answer)Intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, negligently
Felony 1 jail time - (answer)more than 10 years
Felony 2 Jail Time - (answer)Not more than 10 years
Felony 3 Jail Time - (answer)Not more than 7 years
Misdemeanor 1 Jail Time - (answer)Not more than 5 years
Misdemeanor 2 Jail TIme - (answer)Not more than 2 years
Misdemeanor 3 Jail Time - (answer)Not more than 1 year
Summary Offense - (answer)Not classified as a crime
No more than 90 Days in jail
Fine under 500$
Graham v Connor - (answer)Objectively Reasonable Standard
- would an officer facing a similar situation do something like/similar to the Officer
Tennesse v Garner - (answer)Deadly force is justified when
- the severity of the crime at issue
- whether the suspect posed an immediate threat to police officers or the public
- whether the suspect was actively resisting or trying to evade arrest by flight
, MPOETC Final Exam Study Guide – Questions and Answers |
2027/2028 | A+ Grade (Comprehensive Exam Preparation Material)
Which amendment allows probable cause? - (answer)4th amendment
Instrument of a crime - (answer)anything that can be used to harm someone
ex. Burglary, crowbar or screwdriver etc
Criminal Mischief ex - (answer)Intentionally damages real or personal property of another
ex. Beat neighbors car with a sledge
903 Conspirator - (answer)Agree to engage in a crime (attempt or solicitation)
Agrees to aid someone in a crime (attempt or solicitation)
4th Amendment - (answer)Right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures
Williams v Nix - (answer)Inevitable Discovery
US supreme court ruled that when police prove that illegally seized evidence would have been legally
discovered any way, then the evidence is admissible.
Commonwealth v Sparks: Inevitable discovery is adopted for police officers in PA
Mapp v Ohio - (answer)Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence seized
illegally cannot be used in court)
Arizona v Hicks - (answer)- Bullet fired through an apt. floor, police enter looking for
shooter/victims/weapons, they seize weapons and then notice stereo equipment, wrote down serial
numbers
- Exigent circumstances ended when weapons were seized, so stereo equipment is out (needed a
warrant and independent PC)
