MISSOURI POST PAPER ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Burglary 1st Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she knowingly enters unlawfully or
knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure for the purpose of
committing an offense therein, and when in effecting entry or while in the building or
inhabitable structure or in immediate flight therefrom, the person or another participant
in the offense:
(1) Is armed with explosives or a deadly weapon; or
(2) Causes or threatens immediate physical injury to any person who is not a participant
in the crime; or
(3) There is present in the structure another person who is not a participant in the crime.
✔✔Burglary 2nd Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she knowingly enters unlawfully or
knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure for the purpose of
committing a crime therein.
✔✔Robbery 1st Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she forcibly steals property and in the
course thereof he or she, or another participant in the offense:
(1) Causes serious physical injury to any person; or
(2) Is armed with a deadly weapon; or
(3) Uses or threatens the immediate use of a dangerous instrument against any person;
or
(4) Displays or threatens the use of what appears to be a deadly weapon or dangerous
instrument; or
(5) Steals any controlled substance from a pharmacy.
✔✔Robbery 2nd Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she forcibly steals property and in the
course thereof causes physical injury to another person.
✔✔Stealing elements: - ✔✔(1) Appropriates property or services of another with the
purpose to deprive him or her thereof, either without his or her consent or by means of
deceit or coercion;
, (2) Attempts to appropriate anhydrous ammonia or liquid nitrogen of another with the
purpose to deprive him or her thereof, either without his or her consent or by means of
deceit or coercion; or
(3) For the purpose of depriving the owner of a lawful interest therein, receives, retains
or disposes of property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it
has been stolen.
✔✔For felony stealing they must steal how much in value? - ✔✔$750 or greater
✔✔Arson 1st Degree elements: - ✔✔(1) Knowingly damages a building or inhabitable
structure, and when any person is then present or in near proximity thereto, by starting
a fire or causing an explosion and thereby recklessly places such person in danger of
death or serious physical injury; or
(2) By starting a fire or explosion, damages a building or inhabitable structure in an
attempt to produce methamphetamine.
✔✔Arson 2nd Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she knowingly damages a building or
inhabitable structure by starting a fire or causing an explosion.
2. A person does not commit an offense under this section if:
(1) No person other than himself or herself has a possessory, proprietary or security
interest in the damaged building, or if other persons have those interests, all of them
consented to his or her conduct; and
(2) The person's sole purpose was to destroy or damage the building for a lawful and
proper purpose.
✔✔Voluntary Manslaughter elements: - ✔✔(1) Causes the death of another person
under circumstances that would constitute murder in the second degree under
subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 565.021, except that he or she caused the
death under the influence of sudden passion arising from adequate cause; or
(2) Knowingly assists another in the commission of self-murder.
✔✔Involuntary Manslaughter 1st Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she recklessly causes
the death of another person.
✔✔Involuntary Manslaughter 2nd Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she acts with criminal
negligence to cause the death of any person.
✔✔Rape 1st Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she has sexual intercourse with another
person who is incapacitated, incapable of consent, or lacks the capacity to consent, or
by the use of forcible compulsion. Forcible compulsion includes the use of a substance
administered without a victim's knowledge or consent which renders the victim
physically or mentally impaired so as to be incapable of making an informed consent to
sexual intercourse.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Burglary 1st Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she knowingly enters unlawfully or
knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure for the purpose of
committing an offense therein, and when in effecting entry or while in the building or
inhabitable structure or in immediate flight therefrom, the person or another participant
in the offense:
(1) Is armed with explosives or a deadly weapon; or
(2) Causes or threatens immediate physical injury to any person who is not a participant
in the crime; or
(3) There is present in the structure another person who is not a participant in the crime.
✔✔Burglary 2nd Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she knowingly enters unlawfully or
knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure for the purpose of
committing a crime therein.
✔✔Robbery 1st Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she forcibly steals property and in the
course thereof he or she, or another participant in the offense:
(1) Causes serious physical injury to any person; or
(2) Is armed with a deadly weapon; or
(3) Uses or threatens the immediate use of a dangerous instrument against any person;
or
(4) Displays or threatens the use of what appears to be a deadly weapon or dangerous
instrument; or
(5) Steals any controlled substance from a pharmacy.
✔✔Robbery 2nd Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she forcibly steals property and in the
course thereof causes physical injury to another person.
✔✔Stealing elements: - ✔✔(1) Appropriates property or services of another with the
purpose to deprive him or her thereof, either without his or her consent or by means of
deceit or coercion;
, (2) Attempts to appropriate anhydrous ammonia or liquid nitrogen of another with the
purpose to deprive him or her thereof, either without his or her consent or by means of
deceit or coercion; or
(3) For the purpose of depriving the owner of a lawful interest therein, receives, retains
or disposes of property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it
has been stolen.
✔✔For felony stealing they must steal how much in value? - ✔✔$750 or greater
✔✔Arson 1st Degree elements: - ✔✔(1) Knowingly damages a building or inhabitable
structure, and when any person is then present or in near proximity thereto, by starting
a fire or causing an explosion and thereby recklessly places such person in danger of
death or serious physical injury; or
(2) By starting a fire or explosion, damages a building or inhabitable structure in an
attempt to produce methamphetamine.
✔✔Arson 2nd Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she knowingly damages a building or
inhabitable structure by starting a fire or causing an explosion.
2. A person does not commit an offense under this section if:
(1) No person other than himself or herself has a possessory, proprietary or security
interest in the damaged building, or if other persons have those interests, all of them
consented to his or her conduct; and
(2) The person's sole purpose was to destroy or damage the building for a lawful and
proper purpose.
✔✔Voluntary Manslaughter elements: - ✔✔(1) Causes the death of another person
under circumstances that would constitute murder in the second degree under
subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 565.021, except that he or she caused the
death under the influence of sudden passion arising from adequate cause; or
(2) Knowingly assists another in the commission of self-murder.
✔✔Involuntary Manslaughter 1st Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she recklessly causes
the death of another person.
✔✔Involuntary Manslaughter 2nd Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she acts with criminal
negligence to cause the death of any person.
✔✔Rape 1st Degree elements: - ✔✔he or she has sexual intercourse with another
person who is incapacitated, incapable of consent, or lacks the capacity to consent, or
by the use of forcible compulsion. Forcible compulsion includes the use of a substance
administered without a victim's knowledge or consent which renders the victim
physically or mentally impaired so as to be incapable of making an informed consent to
sexual intercourse.
