GPSTC CRIMINAL LAW EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Is there attempted murder in GA? - ✔✔No
Jurisdiction O.C.G.A. 17-2-1 - ✔✔Our power to exert to the full extent of the law
because it is in our bounds (for law enforcement)
Venue O.C.G.A. 17-2-2 - ✔✔For the courts; Criminal action shall be tried in the county
where the crime was committed
Is there a statue of limitation for murder? - ✔✔No
Limitation of prosecution for a felony is how long? - ✔✔4 years
Prosecution for what offenses can commence at any time? - ✔✔When DNA evidence is
established to identify perpetrators in Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, Rape, Aggravated
Child Molestation, Aggravated Sodomy or Aggravated Sexual Battery
Prosecution for a misdemeanor shall be commenced within how much time? - ✔✔2
years after the commission of a crime
Can a female be charged with rape in GA? - ✔✔No
What is the general purpose of title 16 crimes and offenses? - ✔✔Proportionate
punishments, give fair warning of the nature of the conduct forbidden and the sentence,
define which statues are crimes
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, Entrapment O.C.G.A. 16-3-25 - ✔✔Idea starts with law enforcement/officer,
government officer or employee. Undue persuasion, incitement, or deceitful means
Misfortune or accident not a crime - ✔✔Not to be found guilty if the crime was
committed by accident or no criminal negligence
Statutory Rape O.C.G.A. 16-6-3 - ✔✔Sexual intercourse with any person under the age
of 16,
Victim 14 but less than 16 years of age and the person convicted of statutory rape is 18
years of age or younger and is no more than four years older than the victim
Rape O.C.G.A. 16-6-1 - ✔✔(1) A female forcibly and against her will; or
(2) A female who is less than ten years of age.
25 years to life followed by probation for life
Murder O.C.G.A. 16-5-1 - ✔✔A person commits the offense of murder when he
unlawfully and with malice aforethought, either express or implied, causes the death of
another human being
Malice Murder - ✔✔Malice shall be implied where no considerable provocation appears
and where all the circumstances of the killing show an abandoned and malignant heart.
Murder 2nd degree - ✔✔A person commits the offense of murder in the second degree
when, in the commission of cruelty to children in the second degree, he or she causes
the death of another human being irrespective of malice.
Voluntary Manslaughter O.C.G.A. 16-5-2 - ✔✔Causes the death of another human
being under circumstances he acts solely as the result of a sudden, violent, and
irresistible passion.
One nor more than 20 years
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Is there attempted murder in GA? - ✔✔No
Jurisdiction O.C.G.A. 17-2-1 - ✔✔Our power to exert to the full extent of the law
because it is in our bounds (for law enforcement)
Venue O.C.G.A. 17-2-2 - ✔✔For the courts; Criminal action shall be tried in the county
where the crime was committed
Is there a statue of limitation for murder? - ✔✔No
Limitation of prosecution for a felony is how long? - ✔✔4 years
Prosecution for what offenses can commence at any time? - ✔✔When DNA evidence is
established to identify perpetrators in Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, Rape, Aggravated
Child Molestation, Aggravated Sodomy or Aggravated Sexual Battery
Prosecution for a misdemeanor shall be commenced within how much time? - ✔✔2
years after the commission of a crime
Can a female be charged with rape in GA? - ✔✔No
What is the general purpose of title 16 crimes and offenses? - ✔✔Proportionate
punishments, give fair warning of the nature of the conduct forbidden and the sentence,
define which statues are crimes
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, Entrapment O.C.G.A. 16-3-25 - ✔✔Idea starts with law enforcement/officer,
government officer or employee. Undue persuasion, incitement, or deceitful means
Misfortune or accident not a crime - ✔✔Not to be found guilty if the crime was
committed by accident or no criminal negligence
Statutory Rape O.C.G.A. 16-6-3 - ✔✔Sexual intercourse with any person under the age
of 16,
Victim 14 but less than 16 years of age and the person convicted of statutory rape is 18
years of age or younger and is no more than four years older than the victim
Rape O.C.G.A. 16-6-1 - ✔✔(1) A female forcibly and against her will; or
(2) A female who is less than ten years of age.
25 years to life followed by probation for life
Murder O.C.G.A. 16-5-1 - ✔✔A person commits the offense of murder when he
unlawfully and with malice aforethought, either express or implied, causes the death of
another human being
Malice Murder - ✔✔Malice shall be implied where no considerable provocation appears
and where all the circumstances of the killing show an abandoned and malignant heart.
Murder 2nd degree - ✔✔A person commits the offense of murder in the second degree
when, in the commission of cruelty to children in the second degree, he or she causes
the death of another human being irrespective of malice.
Voluntary Manslaughter O.C.G.A. 16-5-2 - ✔✔Causes the death of another human
being under circumstances he acts solely as the result of a sudden, violent, and
irresistible passion.
One nor more than 20 years
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