BCSOT Exam 1 (2025) – Study Guide and Exam Revision Material
What is criminal law? - correct answer ✔✔A system of law concerned with the punishment of
those who commit crimes.
What is case law? - correct answer ✔✔Law that is based on precedents, that is the judicial
decisions from previous cases.
What is the presumption of innocence? - correct answer ✔✔Citation/Title 16-1-5: Presumption
of Innocence and proof beyond reasonable doubt; Every person is presumed innocent until
proven guilty. NO person shall be convicted of a crime unless each element of such crime is
provided beyond a reasonable doubt.
What is a felony? - correct answer ✔✔A crime punishable by death, by imprisonment for life or
by imprisonment for more than 12 months.
What is a misdemeanor? - correct answer ✔✔A criminal offense for which punishment is 12
months or less.
What is a Conviction? - correct answer ✔✔In law, a conviction is the verdict reached by a court
of law finding a defendant guilty of a crime. The opposite of a conviction is an acquittal.
What is a Crime? - correct answer ✔✔An unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
What are the elements of a crime? - correct answer ✔✔Criminal act., criminal intent, and a
concurrence of the previous two elements.
What are some defenses to criminal prosecution? - correct answer ✔✔Innocence,
constitutional violations, self-defense, insanity, Entrapment and Involuntary Intoxication.
, What is the defense of mental capacity (insanity)? - correct answer ✔✔A person did not have
the mental capacity to distinguish between right and wrong in relation to their crime.
What is the defense of involuntary intoxication? - correct answer ✔✔Consumption through
excusable ignorance or coercion.
What is the defense of delusion compulsion? - correct answer ✔✔When a person who has a
mental disease, injury, deficiency, disorder, or something of the like, and it compels them to
believe something that, if it were true or reality, would justify their actions.
What is the defense of entrapment? - correct answer ✔✔The action of tricking someone into
committing a crime in order to secure their prosecution.
At which age can an individual be charged with a crime? - correct answer ✔✔Age 13 at the time
the crime occurred.
What is Violation of Oath? - correct answer ✔✔(OCGA 16-10-1) Any public officer who willfully
and intentionally violates the terms of his oath as prescribed by law shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.
What is the 1st amendment? - correct answer ✔✔Freedom of speech.
What is the 2nd amendment? - correct answer ✔✔Right to bear arms.
What is the 4th amendment? - correct answer ✔✔Search and seizures
What is the 5th amendment? - correct answer ✔✔Right to remain silent.
What is criminal law? - correct answer ✔✔A system of law concerned with the punishment of
those who commit crimes.
What is case law? - correct answer ✔✔Law that is based on precedents, that is the judicial
decisions from previous cases.
What is the presumption of innocence? - correct answer ✔✔Citation/Title 16-1-5: Presumption
of Innocence and proof beyond reasonable doubt; Every person is presumed innocent until
proven guilty. NO person shall be convicted of a crime unless each element of such crime is
provided beyond a reasonable doubt.
What is a felony? - correct answer ✔✔A crime punishable by death, by imprisonment for life or
by imprisonment for more than 12 months.
What is a misdemeanor? - correct answer ✔✔A criminal offense for which punishment is 12
months or less.
What is a Conviction? - correct answer ✔✔In law, a conviction is the verdict reached by a court
of law finding a defendant guilty of a crime. The opposite of a conviction is an acquittal.
What is a Crime? - correct answer ✔✔An unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
What are the elements of a crime? - correct answer ✔✔Criminal act., criminal intent, and a
concurrence of the previous two elements.
What are some defenses to criminal prosecution? - correct answer ✔✔Innocence,
constitutional violations, self-defense, insanity, Entrapment and Involuntary Intoxication.
, What is the defense of mental capacity (insanity)? - correct answer ✔✔A person did not have
the mental capacity to distinguish between right and wrong in relation to their crime.
What is the defense of involuntary intoxication? - correct answer ✔✔Consumption through
excusable ignorance or coercion.
What is the defense of delusion compulsion? - correct answer ✔✔When a person who has a
mental disease, injury, deficiency, disorder, or something of the like, and it compels them to
believe something that, if it were true or reality, would justify their actions.
What is the defense of entrapment? - correct answer ✔✔The action of tricking someone into
committing a crime in order to secure their prosecution.
At which age can an individual be charged with a crime? - correct answer ✔✔Age 13 at the time
the crime occurred.
What is Violation of Oath? - correct answer ✔✔(OCGA 16-10-1) Any public officer who willfully
and intentionally violates the terms of his oath as prescribed by law shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.
What is the 1st amendment? - correct answer ✔✔Freedom of speech.
What is the 2nd amendment? - correct answer ✔✔Right to bear arms.
What is the 4th amendment? - correct answer ✔✔Search and seizures
What is the 5th amendment? - correct answer ✔✔Right to remain silent.
