CRIMINAL LAW (BAR EXAM) EXAM WITH
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+ 2025 – 2026
involuntary intoxication defense - ANSWERS--Elements: w/o
knowledge or against will
-Defense Against: All crimes → apply insanity test (it
substitutes for mental illness)
voluntary intoxication defense - ANSWERS--Elements:
knowingly self-induced
-Defense Against: Specific Intent crime if it negates mens rea
infancy defense (common law) - ANSWERS--UNDER 7 → NO
liability
-UNDER 14 → NO liability, rebuttable by clear showing that
the defendant appreciated the nature and quality of the act
-14 or OVER → liability as an adult
,infancy defense (MPC) - ANSWERS--UNDER 16 → juvenile
court has exclusive jurisdiction for "delinquency"
-16-17 → juvenile court has exclusive jurisdiction for
"delinquency" UNLESS juvenile court approves for trial as
adult in criminal court
Situations in which a Legal Duty to Act may arise: -
ANSWERS-i) statute (e.g., paying taxes, reporting child
abuse)
ii) contract (e.g., nurse, nanny)
iii) relationship (e.g., parent, spouse)
iv) assumption of care (e.g., Misery)
v) creation of peril (e.g., hitting pedestrian)
Mens Rea (MR) - ANSWERS-MENTAL or INTERNAL
component of a crime
specific intent crimes - ANSWERS--purpose or object
-the manner in which the crime was committed may provide
circumstantial evidence of intent
, the major specific intent crimes - ANSWERS-1) 1st degree
murder
2) assault
3) inchoate offenses
4) solicitation
5) attempt
6) conspiracy
7) larceny
8) robbery
9) embezzlement
10) false pretenses
11) burglary
12) forgery
malice - ANSWERS--greater than, or equal to, gross
recklessness → a reckless disregard of an obvious or high
risk that the particular harmful result will occur
1) murder
2) arson
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+ 2025 – 2026
involuntary intoxication defense - ANSWERS--Elements: w/o
knowledge or against will
-Defense Against: All crimes → apply insanity test (it
substitutes for mental illness)
voluntary intoxication defense - ANSWERS--Elements:
knowingly self-induced
-Defense Against: Specific Intent crime if it negates mens rea
infancy defense (common law) - ANSWERS--UNDER 7 → NO
liability
-UNDER 14 → NO liability, rebuttable by clear showing that
the defendant appreciated the nature and quality of the act
-14 or OVER → liability as an adult
,infancy defense (MPC) - ANSWERS--UNDER 16 → juvenile
court has exclusive jurisdiction for "delinquency"
-16-17 → juvenile court has exclusive jurisdiction for
"delinquency" UNLESS juvenile court approves for trial as
adult in criminal court
Situations in which a Legal Duty to Act may arise: -
ANSWERS-i) statute (e.g., paying taxes, reporting child
abuse)
ii) contract (e.g., nurse, nanny)
iii) relationship (e.g., parent, spouse)
iv) assumption of care (e.g., Misery)
v) creation of peril (e.g., hitting pedestrian)
Mens Rea (MR) - ANSWERS-MENTAL or INTERNAL
component of a crime
specific intent crimes - ANSWERS--purpose or object
-the manner in which the crime was committed may provide
circumstantial evidence of intent
, the major specific intent crimes - ANSWERS-1) 1st degree
murder
2) assault
3) inchoate offenses
4) solicitation
5) attempt
6) conspiracy
7) larceny
8) robbery
9) embezzlement
10) false pretenses
11) burglary
12) forgery
malice - ANSWERS--greater than, or equal to, gross
recklessness → a reckless disregard of an obvious or high
risk that the particular harmful result will occur
1) murder
2) arson
