MPTC Criminal Law Questions and Answers Graded A+

MPTC Criminal Law Questions and Answers Graded A+ Crimes against the public are considered harmful to society because ✔✔they interfere with social order or violate common morals, values, norms or customs of decency The victim for most crime s against the public is ✔✔the public at large Common crimes against the public include ✔✔• gambling • prostitution • disorderly conduct • weapons offenses • drug and alcohol crimes three types of perjury ✔✔false statements, inconsistent statements and false statement in a document (1) a public employee may never, with corrupt intent; (2) ask, demand or agree to receive anything of value; (3) in exchange for an official favor, fraud on a public agency or promising to take any action or official inaction ✔✔accepting a bribe a direct or indirect offer to provide something of value for official action or inaction. Commonwealth v. Qualter, 19 Mass. App. Ct. 970 (1985) ✔✔corrupt intent directly links a person to a crime and without the need of any additional evidence or inference. For example, a video recording of offender robbing the convenience store while holding a gun. ✔✔direct evidence relies on an inference to connect a conclusio n of fact ✔✔Circumstantial evidence tangible and may be direct or circumstantial includes objects, property or items seized at crime scenes or during searches ✔✔physical evidence evidence that may be direct or circumstantial. It includes first -hand stat ements made by victims, witnesses, suspects or police. ✔✔testimonial evidence Examples of testimonial evidence can include ✔✔• statements made directly to police • spontaneous utterances overheard by witnesses • written statements • interview and interrogation recordings when a victim, suspect or witness makes a statement about what he or she saw, heard or felt "firsthand" using his or her own senses. ✔✔Direct (Testimonial) Evidence evidence that suggests other facts from which re asonable inferences can be drawn. ✔✔circumstantial testimonial evidence "second -hand" knowledge repeated about what another person said about what he or she saw, heard or felt. ✔✔hearsay testimony