BLEA 834 Criminal Law Final Review Questions with Correct Answers 2024/2025 Update

BLEA 834 Criminal Law Final Review Questions with Correct Answers 2024/2025 Update A person dresses up as a police officer to pretend he is a real cop and performs a traffic stop. During the traffic stop, he asks the person personal questions. What crime did this person commit? Criminal Impersonation 1st Degree A person goes into someone's computer, sends themselves an email, and deletes all evidence. What crimes have been committed? Computer Trespass, Theft, and Malicious Mischief. A person goes house to house pretending to be a representative of a business. The person asks people to invest $6,000 but pockets all the money. What crimes have been committed? Theft 1st Degree and Criminal Impersonation 1st Degree. A heroin user steals a prescription pad from a doctors office and writes his own prescription. Then tell his girlfriend to fill the prescription at the pharmacy. What crimes have been committed and who can be charged? Forgery For Both & Theft for the boyfriend. During a DOA investigation, you determine that the father who died was choosing not to eat or drink, resulting in his death. His children were watching after him. What crime(s) have been committed? No crime. The death was self-inflicted. After school, a 14 year old teenager decides she wants to have a few beers before doing some homework. What crime has she committed? Minor In Possession A person comes into the Police Department to confess a crime he had committed 20 years ago. He stated that he hijacked a vehicle while he was armed with a weapon, robbed the man in the car, and then killed him. What crimes have been committed? Only Murder in the 1st Degree (Statue of Limitations (20 years ago)) Define Premeditation "More than a moment in point of time" - Meaning there was a considerable amount of time for planning before the action was taken. Someone breaks into your home and you tell them they must leave. You do not see a weapon but you are in fear of your life. You choose to shoot them and they die. What crimes have been committed? Possibly Murder 2nd Degree - However, it was most likely result in justified homicide