MPTC Criminal Law Questions and
Answers | Fall 2026 | 100% Correct
Direct Evidence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Based on personal knowledge or
observations.
Proves a fact without the need of inferences or presumptions
(Video of a robbery, witness saw a suspect strike the victim of a A&B)
Physical Evidence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔tangible evidence, you can touch it.
(objects, property seized during searches)
Testimonial Evidence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔statements made by victims,
witnesses, suspects or police
examples
Statements made directly to the police
,spontaneous utterance overheard by witnesses
written statements
Interview and interrogation recordings
Circumstantial Evidence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Deductions are drawn
evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly
(fingerprints at the scene of a robbery, links the person to the location, but
not necessarily the crime)
Exulpatory evidence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔evidence, including statements ,that
are helpful to the defense
Define Reliability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the value of physical evidence (tangible)
is directly related to the chain of custody. If it has been tampered with, it is
not reliable. be in the same condition as it was founded, in the court.
define chain of custody - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔chronological documentation of
evidence, from the moment seized to when it is presented in court.
best practices for chain of custody shows 5 things... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1.
date/time/location where it was seized
2. name of officer who seized it
, 3. all dates/times when evidence was transferred/to who
4. names of all people in contact
5. full description of evidence for positive ID
Define relevance (2) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔evidence is relevant if ...
1 - it has a tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be
without the evidence
2 - the fact is of importance in determining the action.
(person A sold person B a firearm w/ no S Number. the firearm used in the
robbery. court just needs to know that person A knew it was defaced, not
that he defaced it)
Criminal Intent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔for an act to be criminal, it must be
committed with a criminal mind, called intent.
what do most crimes require? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔general intent.
General Intent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔offender "knowingly" acts but does not
necessarily desire the results of the act. it only requires offenders to have
the intent to commit the act resulting in crime.
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Answers | Fall 2026 | 100% Correct
Direct Evidence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Based on personal knowledge or
observations.
Proves a fact without the need of inferences or presumptions
(Video of a robbery, witness saw a suspect strike the victim of a A&B)
Physical Evidence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔tangible evidence, you can touch it.
(objects, property seized during searches)
Testimonial Evidence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔statements made by victims,
witnesses, suspects or police
examples
Statements made directly to the police
,spontaneous utterance overheard by witnesses
written statements
Interview and interrogation recordings
Circumstantial Evidence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Deductions are drawn
evidence used to imply a fact but not prove it directly
(fingerprints at the scene of a robbery, links the person to the location, but
not necessarily the crime)
Exulpatory evidence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔evidence, including statements ,that
are helpful to the defense
Define Reliability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the value of physical evidence (tangible)
is directly related to the chain of custody. If it has been tampered with, it is
not reliable. be in the same condition as it was founded, in the court.
define chain of custody - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔chronological documentation of
evidence, from the moment seized to when it is presented in court.
best practices for chain of custody shows 5 things... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1.
date/time/location where it was seized
2. name of officer who seized it
, 3. all dates/times when evidence was transferred/to who
4. names of all people in contact
5. full description of evidence for positive ID
Define relevance (2) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔evidence is relevant if ...
1 - it has a tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be
without the evidence
2 - the fact is of importance in determining the action.
(person A sold person B a firearm w/ no S Number. the firearm used in the
robbery. court just needs to know that person A knew it was defaced, not
that he defaced it)
Criminal Intent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔for an act to be criminal, it must be
committed with a criminal mind, called intent.
what do most crimes require? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔general intent.
General Intent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔offender "knowingly" acts but does not
necessarily desire the results of the act. it only requires offenders to have
the intent to commit the act resulting in crime.
(OUI)
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
