SOCE – FLORIDA Exam 2025 Questions
and Answers
Indirect or circumstantial evidence - ANS requires an inference or presumption to establish a
fact
Offense - ANS a breach of law
Non-criminal violation (civil infraction) - ANS does not constitute a crime and is not
punishable by incarceration
Misdemeanor - ANS any criminal offense with a maximum incarceration penalty in a county
jail of up to one year
Second degree misdemeanor - ANS carries a maximum penalty of 60 days in a county jail, a
fine of $500, or both.
first degree misdemeanor - ANS carries a maximum penalty of one year in a county jail, a fine
of $1,000, or both.
Felony - ANS any criminal opffsense3 committed where the maximum penalty is death or
incarceration in a state correctional facility for more than one year
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, Third-degree felony - ANS carries a maximum penalty of five year's in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to $5,000, or both
Second-deggree felony - ANS punishible by a maximum of 15 years in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to $10,000, or both
First-Degree feelony - ANS carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to $10,000, or both.
Certain ----degree felonies specifically carry a maximum panalty of life incarceration in a state
correctional facility
Life Felony - ANS has varying penalties depending on the date and type of crime commited.
Maximum penalty of life incarceration in a state correctional facility without the possibility of
parole or probation, a fine of up to $15,000 or both.
Capital Felony - ANS Penalty is death or life incarceration in a state correctional facility
without the possibility of parole.
Enhanced penalty - ANS 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 - ANS 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
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and Answers
Indirect or circumstantial evidence - ANS requires an inference or presumption to establish a
fact
Offense - ANS a breach of law
Non-criminal violation (civil infraction) - ANS does not constitute a crime and is not
punishable by incarceration
Misdemeanor - ANS any criminal offense with a maximum incarceration penalty in a county
jail of up to one year
Second degree misdemeanor - ANS carries a maximum penalty of 60 days in a county jail, a
fine of $500, or both.
first degree misdemeanor - ANS carries a maximum penalty of one year in a county jail, a fine
of $1,000, or both.
Felony - ANS any criminal opffsense3 committed where the maximum penalty is death or
incarceration in a state correctional facility for more than one year
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, Third-degree felony - ANS carries a maximum penalty of five year's in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to $5,000, or both
Second-deggree felony - ANS punishible by a maximum of 15 years in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to $10,000, or both
First-Degree feelony - ANS carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in a state correctional
facility, a fine of up to $10,000, or both.
Certain ----degree felonies specifically carry a maximum panalty of life incarceration in a state
correctional facility
Life Felony - ANS has varying penalties depending on the date and type of crime commited.
Maximum penalty of life incarceration in a state correctional facility without the possibility of
parole or probation, a fine of up to $15,000 or both.
Capital Felony - ANS Penalty is death or life incarceration in a state correctional facility
without the possibility of parole.
Enhanced penalty - ANS 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 - ANS 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
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