CRIMINAL LAW MPTC PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL STUDY
PACKAGE
●● Direct Evidence
Answer: Based on personal knowledge or observations.
(video surveillance , witness statements)
●● Physical Evidence
Answer: tangible evidence, you can touch it. (objects, property seized
during searches)
●● Circumstantial Evidence
Answer: evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly;
deductions are must be drawn
(fingerprints at the scene of a robbery, links the person to the location,
but not necessarily the crime)
●● Exculpatory evidence
Answer: evidence, including statements ,that are helpful to the defense
,●● Define Reliability
Answer: the value of physical evidence is directly related to reliable
chain of custody, to prevent loss, destruction, and tampering.
●● define chain of custody
Answer: chronological documentation of evidence, from the moment
seized to when it is presented in court.
●● best practices for chain of custody shows 5 things...
Answer: 1. date/time/location where it was seized
2. name of officer who seized it
3. all dates/times when evidence was transferred/to who
4. names of all people in contact
5. full description of evidence for positive ID
●● Define relevance
Answer: evidence is relevant if it has any chance of making a fact more
or less probable
●● Criminal Intent
Answer: for an act to be criminal, it must be committed with a criminal
mind, called intent.
, ●● what do most crimes require?
Answer: general intent.
●● General Intent
Answer: offender "knowingly" acts but does not necessarily desire the
results of the act. it only requires offenders to have the intent to commit
the act resulting in crime.
●● Does general intent require offenders to know they are breaking the
law?
Answer: No
●● Specific Intent
Answer: the offender has a purposeful state of mind to accomplish the
precise criminal act.
(breaking into a house to steal a ring - specific purpose was to break into
the house)
●● Transferred Intent
Answer: exists when an offender intends to harm one person but ends up
harming another.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL STUDY
PACKAGE
●● Direct Evidence
Answer: Based on personal knowledge or observations.
(video surveillance , witness statements)
●● Physical Evidence
Answer: tangible evidence, you can touch it. (objects, property seized
during searches)
●● Circumstantial Evidence
Answer: evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly;
deductions are must be drawn
(fingerprints at the scene of a robbery, links the person to the location,
but not necessarily the crime)
●● Exculpatory evidence
Answer: evidence, including statements ,that are helpful to the defense
,●● Define Reliability
Answer: the value of physical evidence is directly related to reliable
chain of custody, to prevent loss, destruction, and tampering.
●● define chain of custody
Answer: chronological documentation of evidence, from the moment
seized to when it is presented in court.
●● best practices for chain of custody shows 5 things...
Answer: 1. date/time/location where it was seized
2. name of officer who seized it
3. all dates/times when evidence was transferred/to who
4. names of all people in contact
5. full description of evidence for positive ID
●● Define relevance
Answer: evidence is relevant if it has any chance of making a fact more
or less probable
●● Criminal Intent
Answer: for an act to be criminal, it must be committed with a criminal
mind, called intent.
, ●● what do most crimes require?
Answer: general intent.
●● General Intent
Answer: offender "knowingly" acts but does not necessarily desire the
results of the act. it only requires offenders to have the intent to commit
the act resulting in crime.
●● Does general intent require offenders to know they are breaking the
law?
Answer: No
●● Specific Intent
Answer: the offender has a purposeful state of mind to accomplish the
precise criminal act.
(breaking into a house to steal a ring - specific purpose was to break into
the house)
●● Transferred Intent
Answer: exists when an offender intends to harm one person but ends up
harming another.
