CLEET Law Block Exam With Complete
Solutions 100% Verified
Elements of a crime: 5 things - ANSWER 1. Voluntary and intentional commission of an
act or omission
2. committed by a person capable of performing the act
3. law must prohibit it
4. must be a punishment
5. enforceable by the state
All persons who, after the commission of a crime, conceal or aid the offender, with
knowledge that the offender committed a crime, and with the intent that the offender
may avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment. - ANSWER
Accessories
1. Judge can be a non-lawyer
2. May fine up to $50
3. may not assess jail time except for willful failure to pay the fines and costs
4. jurisdiction over juveniles limited to traffic only
5. may not provide jury trials - ANSWER Municipal court not of record non-lawyer judge
1. Judge is a lawyer
2. may fine up to $500
3. may assess up to 30 days in jail
4. may provide jury trials
5. juvenile jurisdiction is limited, may not jail them - ANSWER municipal court
not-of-record lawyer judge
, Municipal Court of record: - ANSWER 1. Minimum of 65,000 population
2. judge is a lawyer
3. in most cases may fine up to $1200, very specific exceptions
4. may assess up to 180 days in jail, very specific exceptions
5. jurisdiction over juveniles is limited, may not jail
6. may provide jury trials
1. Court of general jurisdiction
2. unlimited jurisdiction over all juscticiable matters
may issue writs, judgments, and decrees
3. Has appellate jurisdiction for cases appealed from the municipal courts
4. lawyer judge
5 3 types of judges; District, associate district, special district
6. May hold court anywhere in the state - ANSWER District court
A tort is a wrong against an __________ - ANSWER individual
the standard used to measure a person's liability is: - ANSWER what would a reasonable
person do in the same or similar circumstances
1. an offense against the public
2. an action brought by the government
3. subjective intent is generally required - ANSWER a crime
1. Preponderance of the evidence
2. greater than 50% of the evidence supports the charge - ANSWER Civil burden of proof
Solutions 100% Verified
Elements of a crime: 5 things - ANSWER 1. Voluntary and intentional commission of an
act or omission
2. committed by a person capable of performing the act
3. law must prohibit it
4. must be a punishment
5. enforceable by the state
All persons who, after the commission of a crime, conceal or aid the offender, with
knowledge that the offender committed a crime, and with the intent that the offender
may avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment. - ANSWER
Accessories
1. Judge can be a non-lawyer
2. May fine up to $50
3. may not assess jail time except for willful failure to pay the fines and costs
4. jurisdiction over juveniles limited to traffic only
5. may not provide jury trials - ANSWER Municipal court not of record non-lawyer judge
1. Judge is a lawyer
2. may fine up to $500
3. may assess up to 30 days in jail
4. may provide jury trials
5. juvenile jurisdiction is limited, may not jail them - ANSWER municipal court
not-of-record lawyer judge
, Municipal Court of record: - ANSWER 1. Minimum of 65,000 population
2. judge is a lawyer
3. in most cases may fine up to $1200, very specific exceptions
4. may assess up to 180 days in jail, very specific exceptions
5. jurisdiction over juveniles is limited, may not jail
6. may provide jury trials
1. Court of general jurisdiction
2. unlimited jurisdiction over all juscticiable matters
may issue writs, judgments, and decrees
3. Has appellate jurisdiction for cases appealed from the municipal courts
4. lawyer judge
5 3 types of judges; District, associate district, special district
6. May hold court anywhere in the state - ANSWER District court
A tort is a wrong against an __________ - ANSWER individual
the standard used to measure a person's liability is: - ANSWER what would a reasonable
person do in the same or similar circumstances
1. an offense against the public
2. an action brought by the government
3. subjective intent is generally required - ANSWER a crime
1. Preponderance of the evidence
2. greater than 50% of the evidence supports the charge - ANSWER Civil burden of proof
