COLORADO POST STUDYGIDE EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 700 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the two types of arrest? - (answer) Custodial
Non-custodial
What property crime can you use deadly force to defend against? - (answer) First Degree Arson
Label each part of the following statute:
16-3-504(2.2)(a)(II)(A) - (answer) 16 - Title
3 - Article
504 - Section
(2.2) - Subsection
(a) - Paragraphs
(II) - Sub-Paragraphs
(A) - Sub Sub-Paragraphs
18-1-402. Presumption of Innocence - (answer) Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty
18-1-403. Legal Assistance and Supporting Services - (answer) 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
18-1-404 Preliminary hearing or waiver-dispositional hearing - (answer) 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 long for a speedy trial? - (answer) 180 days from the date of entry of a not guilty plea
,COLORADO POST STUDYGIDE EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 700 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
18-1-405
How many jurors on a felony trial? - (answer) 12
How many jurors on a misdemeanor trial? - (answer) 6
18-1-407 Affirmative Defense - (answer) 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... -
(answer) established beyond a reasonable doubt as to that issue as well as all other elements of the
offense
Act - (answer) a bodily movement, and includes words and possession of property
Conduct - (answer) an act or omission and its accompanying state of mind or, where relevant, a series
of acts of omissions
Criminal Negligence - (answer) through a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable
person would exercise, he fails to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a result will occur or
that a circumstance exists
Culpable Mental State - (answer) Intentionally
Knowingly
Recklessly
Criminal negligence
Intentionally - (answer) when his conscious objective is to cause the specific result proscribed by the
statute defining the offense
,COLORADO POST STUDYGIDE EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 700 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Knowingly - (answer) when he is aware that his conduct is of such nature or that such circumstance
exists
when he is aware that his conduct is practically certain to cause the result
Omission - (answer) a failure to perform an act as to which a duty of performance is imposed by law
Recklessly - (answer) when he consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a result
will occur or that a circumstance exists
Voluntary Act - (answer) an act performed consciously as a result of effort or determination, and
includes the possession of property if the actor was aware of his physical possession of property if the
actor was aware of his physical possession or control thereof for a sufficient period to have been able to
terminate it
Criminal Liability - (answer) the performance by a person of conduct which includes a voluntary act or
the omission to perform an act which he is physically capable of performing
Strict Liability - (answer) when conduct alone is all that is required for the commission of a particular
offense
(ex: DUI)
Mental Culpability - (answer) when a culpable mental state on the part of the actor is required with
respect to any material element of an offense
(ex: Murder)
18-1-603 Complicity - (answer) a person is legally accountable as principal for the behavior of another
constituting a criminal offense if, with the intent to promote or facilitate the commission of the offense,
he or she aids, abets, advises, or encourages the other person in planning or committing the offense
, COLORADO POST STUDYGIDE EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 700 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
*basically if they helped out in the crime
18-1-702 Choice of Evils - (answer) Conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable
and not criminal when it is necessary as an emergency measure to avoid an imminent public or private
injury which is about to occur
(Ex: you commit a crime to stop a crime)
(Ex: you shatter a car window to protect a baby in a hot car)
Who are those that are covered under the use of physical force - special relations 18-1-703? - (answer)
1. Parent, guardian, or other person entrusted with the care and supervision of a minor or incompetent
person, or teacher
2. Detentions staff
3. Common Carrier
4. Preventing someone from suicide
5. Licensed physician or nurse
18-1-704 Use of physical force in defense of a person - (answer) a person is justified in using physical
force upon another person in order to defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably
believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by that other person, and he may use a
degree of force which he reasonably believes to be necessary for that purpose
When can you use deadly physical force in the defense of a person per 18-1-707? - (answer) If a person
believes a lesser degree of force is inadequate and:
-he or another person is in imminent danger of being killed or of receiving great bodily injury
-the other person is using or reasonable appears about to use physical force against an occupant of a
dwelling or business establishment while committing or attempting to commit a burglary
-the other person is committing or reasonable appears about to commit kidnapping, robbery or sexual
assault
CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the two types of arrest? - (answer) Custodial
Non-custodial
What property crime can you use deadly force to defend against? - (answer) First Degree Arson
Label each part of the following statute:
16-3-504(2.2)(a)(II)(A) - (answer) 16 - Title
3 - Article
504 - Section
(2.2) - Subsection
(a) - Paragraphs
(II) - Sub-Paragraphs
(A) - Sub Sub-Paragraphs
18-1-402. Presumption of Innocence - (answer) Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty
18-1-403. Legal Assistance and Supporting Services - (answer) 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
18-1-404 Preliminary hearing or waiver-dispositional hearing - (answer) 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 long for a speedy trial? - (answer) 180 days from the date of entry of a not guilty plea
,COLORADO POST STUDYGIDE EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 700 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
18-1-405
How many jurors on a felony trial? - (answer) 12
How many jurors on a misdemeanor trial? - (answer) 6
18-1-407 Affirmative Defense - (answer) 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... -
(answer) established beyond a reasonable doubt as to that issue as well as all other elements of the
offense
Act - (answer) a bodily movement, and includes words and possession of property
Conduct - (answer) an act or omission and its accompanying state of mind or, where relevant, a series
of acts of omissions
Criminal Negligence - (answer) through a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable
person would exercise, he fails to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a result will occur or
that a circumstance exists
Culpable Mental State - (answer) Intentionally
Knowingly
Recklessly
Criminal negligence
Intentionally - (answer) when his conscious objective is to cause the specific result proscribed by the
statute defining the offense
,COLORADO POST STUDYGIDE EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 700 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Knowingly - (answer) when he is aware that his conduct is of such nature or that such circumstance
exists
when he is aware that his conduct is practically certain to cause the result
Omission - (answer) a failure to perform an act as to which a duty of performance is imposed by law
Recklessly - (answer) when he consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a result
will occur or that a circumstance exists
Voluntary Act - (answer) an act performed consciously as a result of effort or determination, and
includes the possession of property if the actor was aware of his physical possession of property if the
actor was aware of his physical possession or control thereof for a sufficient period to have been able to
terminate it
Criminal Liability - (answer) the performance by a person of conduct which includes a voluntary act or
the omission to perform an act which he is physically capable of performing
Strict Liability - (answer) when conduct alone is all that is required for the commission of a particular
offense
(ex: DUI)
Mental Culpability - (answer) when a culpable mental state on the part of the actor is required with
respect to any material element of an offense
(ex: Murder)
18-1-603 Complicity - (answer) a person is legally accountable as principal for the behavior of another
constituting a criminal offense if, with the intent to promote or facilitate the commission of the offense,
he or she aids, abets, advises, or encourages the other person in planning or committing the offense
, COLORADO POST STUDYGIDE EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 700 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
*basically if they helped out in the crime
18-1-702 Choice of Evils - (answer) Conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable
and not criminal when it is necessary as an emergency measure to avoid an imminent public or private
injury which is about to occur
(Ex: you commit a crime to stop a crime)
(Ex: you shatter a car window to protect a baby in a hot car)
Who are those that are covered under the use of physical force - special relations 18-1-703? - (answer)
1. Parent, guardian, or other person entrusted with the care and supervision of a minor or incompetent
person, or teacher
2. Detentions staff
3. Common Carrier
4. Preventing someone from suicide
5. Licensed physician or nurse
18-1-704 Use of physical force in defense of a person - (answer) a person is justified in using physical
force upon another person in order to defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably
believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by that other person, and he may use a
degree of force which he reasonably believes to be necessary for that purpose
When can you use deadly physical force in the defense of a person per 18-1-707? - (answer) If a person
believes a lesser degree of force is inadequate and:
-he or another person is in imminent danger of being killed or of receiving great bodily injury
-the other person is using or reasonable appears about to use physical force against an occupant of a
dwelling or business establishment while committing or attempting to commit a burglary
-the other person is committing or reasonable appears about to commit kidnapping, robbery or sexual
assault
