MPOETC UPDATED FINAL PAPER EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔PA Court System - ✔✔Common Pleas, Circuit, Supreme
✔✔US Court System - ✔✔District, circuit, supreme
✔✔Grading of crimes - ✔✔Felony, misdemeanor, summary
✔✔State of mind (Mens Rea) 4 - ✔✔Mental intent to commit crime
- Recklessly
- Intentionally
- Negligently
- Knowingly
✔✔Where are statutes of limitations found? - ✔✔Title 42, section 5552 judiciary code
✔✔Codification - ✔✔The act or process of rendering laws in written form
✔✔2 elements of a crime - ✔✔Physical act of crime (Actus Reus), Mental intend to do
so (Mens Rea)
, ✔✔Instrument of a crime - ✔✔Any instrument that is intended to be used to commit a
crime
✔✔1st degree murder - ✔✔2502 - killing that is premeditated, deliberate and done with
malice
✔✔Felony Crimes - ✔✔Murder, rape, kidnapping, arson, robbery, burglary,
embezzlement, forgery, theft, and perjury
✔✔Voluntary Manslaughter - ✔✔2503 - unlawful killing of a human being in sudden
heat of passion upon sufficient legal provocation. Felony 2
✔✔Stalking - ✔✔2709 - Repeatedly following, harassing, or threatening an individual.
M1
✔✔Kidnapping - ✔✔2901 - The unlawful removal or restraint of a person against his or
her will.
✔✔Rape - ✔✔3121 - Penetration however slight, forcible without consent. B
✔✔Burglary - ✔✔3502 - Unlawful entry with intent to commit a crime. F1
✔✔Criminal Mischief - ✔✔Intentional or knowing damage or destruction of property.
✔✔Police powers derive from - ✔✔Constitution, case law and statutory law
✔✔Affiant - ✔✔Any responsible person capable of taking an oath affirming a criminal
complaint
✔✔5 Types of bail - ✔✔ROR
Non-Monetary
Unsecured
Nominal
Monetary
✔✔Venue - ✔✔Boundaries which a Court has jurisdiction and authority
✔✔statute of limitations - ✔✔Summary - 30 Days
Misdemeanor- 2 years
Felony - 5 years
Homicide - no limit
✔✔Four Corners Rule - ✔✔No outside evidence may be used against somebody during
a search warrant/investigation
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔PA Court System - ✔✔Common Pleas, Circuit, Supreme
✔✔US Court System - ✔✔District, circuit, supreme
✔✔Grading of crimes - ✔✔Felony, misdemeanor, summary
✔✔State of mind (Mens Rea) 4 - ✔✔Mental intent to commit crime
- Recklessly
- Intentionally
- Negligently
- Knowingly
✔✔Where are statutes of limitations found? - ✔✔Title 42, section 5552 judiciary code
✔✔Codification - ✔✔The act or process of rendering laws in written form
✔✔2 elements of a crime - ✔✔Physical act of crime (Actus Reus), Mental intend to do
so (Mens Rea)
, ✔✔Instrument of a crime - ✔✔Any instrument that is intended to be used to commit a
crime
✔✔1st degree murder - ✔✔2502 - killing that is premeditated, deliberate and done with
malice
✔✔Felony Crimes - ✔✔Murder, rape, kidnapping, arson, robbery, burglary,
embezzlement, forgery, theft, and perjury
✔✔Voluntary Manslaughter - ✔✔2503 - unlawful killing of a human being in sudden
heat of passion upon sufficient legal provocation. Felony 2
✔✔Stalking - ✔✔2709 - Repeatedly following, harassing, or threatening an individual.
M1
✔✔Kidnapping - ✔✔2901 - The unlawful removal or restraint of a person against his or
her will.
✔✔Rape - ✔✔3121 - Penetration however slight, forcible without consent. B
✔✔Burglary - ✔✔3502 - Unlawful entry with intent to commit a crime. F1
✔✔Criminal Mischief - ✔✔Intentional or knowing damage or destruction of property.
✔✔Police powers derive from - ✔✔Constitution, case law and statutory law
✔✔Affiant - ✔✔Any responsible person capable of taking an oath affirming a criminal
complaint
✔✔5 Types of bail - ✔✔ROR
Non-Monetary
Unsecured
Nominal
Monetary
✔✔Venue - ✔✔Boundaries which a Court has jurisdiction and authority
✔✔statute of limitations - ✔✔Summary - 30 Days
Misdemeanor- 2 years
Felony - 5 years
Homicide - no limit
✔✔Four Corners Rule - ✔✔No outside evidence may be used against somebody during
a search warrant/investigation
