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Formal requirement for a victim to file a complaint: - ✔✔Attempt to resolve the matter at a
local level
Sexual assault - ✔✔(§18-3-402) // any actor who knowingly inflicts intrusion or penetration
(F4) if: the actor causes submission of victim OR the actor knows the victim is incapable of
appraising the nature of the conduct, OR actor knows there is erroneous submission (believing to
be their spouse), OR victim is under 15 and actor is at least 4 years older (M1), OR between 15
and 17 and actor is 10 yrs older, OR victim is physically helpless (F3) // F2 aggravators: actor is
assisted by someone else, victim suffers SBI, involves use of deadly weapon (or verbally
represents)
Photographic arrays - ✔✔ID procedures are not necessary if the witness knows the suspect
(i.e. more than a short time or mere acquaintances)
Label each part of the following statute:
16-3-504(2.2)(a)(II)(A) - ✔✔16 - Title
3 - Article
504 - Section
(2.2) - Subsection
(a) - Paragraphs
(II) - Sub-Paragraphs
(A) - Sub Sub-Paragraphs
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,What are the two types of arrest? -
✔✔Custodial Non-Custodial
An emergency protective order expires after _? - ✔✔Three judicial days
§ 18-1-402. Presumption of Innocence - ✔✔Every person is presumed innocent until
proved guilty
§ 18-1-403. Legal Assistance and Supporting Services - ✔✔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
Dunaway v. New York said what? - ✔✔an officer needs PC for any arrest
§ 18-1-404 Preliminary hearing or waiver-dispositional hearing - ✔✔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
How many jurors on a felony trial? - ✔✔12
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,How many jurors on a misdemeanor trial? - ✔✔6
How long for a speedy trial? - ✔✔180 days from the date of entry of a not guilty plea
§ 18-1-405
What property crime can you use deadly force to defend against? - ✔✔First Degree Arson
§ 18-1-407 Affirmative Defense - ✔✔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
If the issue involved in an affirmative defense is raised, then the guilt of the defendant must be...
- ✔✔Established beyond a reasonable doubt as to that issue as well as all other elements of
the offense
When is an officer in detentions justified in using physical force? - ✔✔in all other
circumstances when and to the extent that he reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent when
he reasonably believes to be the escape of a prisoner from a detention facility
Detention Facility - ✔✔any place maintained for the confinement, pursuant to law, or persons
charged with or convicted of an offense, held for extradition, or otherwise confined pursuant to
an order of a court
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, § 18-1-707 Use of physical force in making an arrest or in preventing an escape.
(Deadly force) - ✔✔A peace officer is justified in using deadly physical force upon
another person when he reasonably believes that it is necessary:
-to defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the use or imminent
use of deadly physical force
-to effect an arrest or prevent an escape of a person whom he reasonably believes
----has committed or attempted to commit a felony involving the use or threatened use of a
deadly weapon
----is attempting escape by the use of a deadly weapon
----otherwise indicates that he is likely to endanger human life or to inflict SBI
unless apprehended without delay
§ 18-1-706 Use of Physical Force in Defense of Property - ✔✔A person is justified in using
reasonable and appropriate physical force upon another person when and to the extent that he
reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent what he reasonably believes to be an attempt by the
other person to commit theft, criminal mischief, or criminal tampering involving property
§ 18-1-705 Use of physical force in defense of premises - ✔✔A person is justified in using
reasonable and appropriate physical force upon another person when and to the extent that it is
reasonably necessary to prevent or terminate what he reasonably believes to be the commission
or attempted commission of an unlawful trespass by the other person in or upon the building,
realty, or premises
§ 18-1-704.5 Use of Deadly Physical Force against an intruder
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Formal requirement for a victim to file a complaint: - ✔✔Attempt to resolve the matter at a
local level
Sexual assault - ✔✔(§18-3-402) // any actor who knowingly inflicts intrusion or penetration
(F4) if: the actor causes submission of victim OR the actor knows the victim is incapable of
appraising the nature of the conduct, OR actor knows there is erroneous submission (believing to
be their spouse), OR victim is under 15 and actor is at least 4 years older (M1), OR between 15
and 17 and actor is 10 yrs older, OR victim is physically helpless (F3) // F2 aggravators: actor is
assisted by someone else, victim suffers SBI, involves use of deadly weapon (or verbally
represents)
Photographic arrays - ✔✔ID procedures are not necessary if the witness knows the suspect
(i.e. more than a short time or mere acquaintances)
Label each part of the following statute:
16-3-504(2.2)(a)(II)(A) - ✔✔16 - Title
3 - Article
504 - Section
(2.2) - Subsection
(a) - Paragraphs
(II) - Sub-Paragraphs
(A) - Sub Sub-Paragraphs
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,What are the two types of arrest? -
✔✔Custodial Non-Custodial
An emergency protective order expires after _? - ✔✔Three judicial days
§ 18-1-402. Presumption of Innocence - ✔✔Every person is presumed innocent until
proved guilty
§ 18-1-403. Legal Assistance and Supporting Services - ✔✔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
Dunaway v. New York said what? - ✔✔an officer needs PC for any arrest
§ 18-1-404 Preliminary hearing or waiver-dispositional hearing - ✔✔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
How many jurors on a felony trial? - ✔✔12
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,How many jurors on a misdemeanor trial? - ✔✔6
How long for a speedy trial? - ✔✔180 days from the date of entry of a not guilty plea
§ 18-1-405
What property crime can you use deadly force to defend against? - ✔✔First Degree Arson
§ 18-1-407 Affirmative Defense - ✔✔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
If the issue involved in an affirmative defense is raised, then the guilt of the defendant must be...
- ✔✔Established beyond a reasonable doubt as to that issue as well as all other elements of
the offense
When is an officer in detentions justified in using physical force? - ✔✔in all other
circumstances when and to the extent that he reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent when
he reasonably believes to be the escape of a prisoner from a detention facility
Detention Facility - ✔✔any place maintained for the confinement, pursuant to law, or persons
charged with or convicted of an offense, held for extradition, or otherwise confined pursuant to
an order of a court
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, § 18-1-707 Use of physical force in making an arrest or in preventing an escape.
(Deadly force) - ✔✔A peace officer is justified in using deadly physical force upon
another person when he reasonably believes that it is necessary:
-to defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the use or imminent
use of deadly physical force
-to effect an arrest or prevent an escape of a person whom he reasonably believes
----has committed or attempted to commit a felony involving the use or threatened use of a
deadly weapon
----is attempting escape by the use of a deadly weapon
----otherwise indicates that he is likely to endanger human life or to inflict SBI
unless apprehended without delay
§ 18-1-706 Use of Physical Force in Defense of Property - ✔✔A person is justified in using
reasonable and appropriate physical force upon another person when and to the extent that he
reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent what he reasonably believes to be an attempt by the
other person to commit theft, criminal mischief, or criminal tampering involving property
§ 18-1-705 Use of physical force in defense of premises - ✔✔A person is justified in using
reasonable and appropriate physical force upon another person when and to the extent that it is
reasonably necessary to prevent or terminate what he reasonably believes to be the commission
or attempted commission of an unlawful trespass by the other person in or upon the building,
realty, or premises
§ 18-1-704.5 Use of Deadly Physical Force against an intruder
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