SOCE - FLORIDA NEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (A+)
Indirect or circumstantial evidence - ANSWER requires an inference or presumption to
establish a fact
Offense - ANSWER a violation of law
Non-criminal violation (civil infraction) - ANSWER is not a crime and may not be
punished by confinement
Misdemeanor - ANSWER any criminal offense with maximum possible incarceration in a
county jail of up to one year
Second degree misdemeanor - ANSWER has a maximum penalty of 60 days in a county
jail, a fine of $500, or both.
first degree misdemeanor - ANSWER has a maximum penalty of one year in a county jail,
a fine of $1,000, or both.
Felony - ANSWER any criminal opffsense3 committed where the maximum penalty is
death or incarceration in a state correctional facility for more than one year
Third-degree felony - ANSWER a maximum penalty of five year's in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to $5,000, or both
Second-deggree felony - ANSWER punishible by a maximum of 15 years in a state
correctional facility, a fine of up to $10,000, or both
First-Degree felony - ANSWER can be punished by a term of imprisonment not
, exceeding 30 years in a state correctional facility, a fine not exceeding $10,000, or both.
Specific ----degree felonies specifically carry a maximum panalty of life incarceration in
a state correctional facility
Life Felony - ANSWER penalties vary depending on the date and type of crime
commited.
Maximum sentence of life imprisonment in a state penal facility without eligibility for
parole or probation, a fine not to exceed $15,000 or both.
Capital Felony - ANSWER Penalty is death or life imprisonment in a state penal facility
without eligibility for parole.
Enhanced penalty - A sentence that is increased from one classification of offense to a
more serious classification due to a prior conviction or the serious nature of the
circumstances involved
Principle in the first degree - A person who commits any criminal offense, whether
felony, or misdemeanor, aids, abets, counsels, hires or persuades an offense to be
committed or attempted
ex. if a babysitter provides security codes to a friend for the purpose of that friend to
commit a burglary and the burglary takes place without the babysitter being there, the
babysitter is a principle in the first degree
Accessory after the fact - ANSWER a person who gives the principle any aid with the
intent that the principle avoids or escapes detention, arrest, trial, or punishment
Criminal intent - ANSWER the conscious decision a person makes to deliberately
commit an unlawful or negligent act, or to cause injury to another person
Probable cause - ANSWER a fair probability or reasonable grounds to believe that
someone has committed a crime, based on the totality of circumstances
Indirect or circumstantial evidence - ANSWER requires an inference or presumption to
establish a fact
Offense - ANSWER a violation of law
Non-criminal violation (civil infraction) - ANSWER is not a crime and may not be
punished by confinement
Misdemeanor - ANSWER any criminal offense with maximum possible incarceration in a
county jail of up to one year
Second degree misdemeanor - ANSWER has a maximum penalty of 60 days in a county
jail, a fine of $500, or both.
first degree misdemeanor - ANSWER has a maximum penalty of one year in a county jail,
a fine of $1,000, or both.
Felony - ANSWER any criminal opffsense3 committed where the maximum penalty is
death or incarceration in a state correctional facility for more than one year
Third-degree felony - ANSWER a maximum penalty of five year's in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to $5,000, or both
Second-deggree felony - ANSWER punishible by a maximum of 15 years in a state
correctional facility, a fine of up to $10,000, or both
First-Degree felony - ANSWER can be punished by a term of imprisonment not
, exceeding 30 years in a state correctional facility, a fine not exceeding $10,000, or both.
Specific ----degree felonies specifically carry a maximum panalty of life incarceration in
a state correctional facility
Life Felony - ANSWER penalties vary depending on the date and type of crime
commited.
Maximum sentence of life imprisonment in a state penal facility without eligibility for
parole or probation, a fine not to exceed $15,000 or both.
Capital Felony - ANSWER Penalty is death or life imprisonment in a state penal facility
without eligibility for parole.
Enhanced penalty - A sentence that is increased from one classification of offense to a
more serious classification due to a prior conviction or the serious nature of the
circumstances involved
Principle in the first degree - A person who commits any criminal offense, whether
felony, or misdemeanor, aids, abets, counsels, hires or persuades an offense to be
committed or attempted
ex. if a babysitter provides security codes to a friend for the purpose of that friend to
commit a burglary and the burglary takes place without the babysitter being there, the
babysitter is a principle in the first degree
Accessory after the fact - ANSWER a person who gives the principle any aid with the
intent that the principle avoids or escapes detention, arrest, trial, or punishment
Criminal intent - ANSWER the conscious decision a person makes to deliberately
commit an unlawful or negligent act, or to cause injury to another person
Probable cause - ANSWER a fair probability or reasonable grounds to believe that
someone has committed a crime, based on the totality of circumstances
