White Collar Crime Exam #1 questions
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What Type of Law Are We Studying? - ANS ✔✔Criminal Law
What is criminal law? - ANS ✔✔when we as a society dictate that what someone has done is
enough to have freedom stripped away (rape, murder, dui)
What is civil law? - ANS ✔✔Stuff that society deems bad enough for punishment but not
enough to take freedom away, just money (Landlord-tenant dispute, Discrimination, Unlawful
termination)
Why are criminal cases written out as U.S v. Smith or Commonwealth of PA v. Smith? - ANS
✔✔A crime against one is against all government counties, districts, and or neighborhoods
Why are civil cases written out as Jones v. Smith? - ANS ✔✔It is private party vs. private party
Difference between Criminal and Civil penalties - ANS ✔✔Criminal - Imprisonment/Fines
Civil - Money
Burden of Proof? - ANS ✔✔Criminal - Beyond reasonable doubt Defendant doesn't have to
prove anything, the GOVERNMENT must prove their guilt
Civil - Perponderance of Evidence, like a scale
Rules of Evidence - ANS ✔✔Liability is the Civil case = of guilty in a criminal case
, Juries - ANS ✔✔Civil - Petit Jury - liable
Criminal - Grand Jury - decides if the defendant will face criminal charges
Federal Court - ANS ✔✔Something that calls on the US Government, Crime on Federal property
Treaty
Fed Court - Jurisdiction - ANS ✔✔Matters involving law or federal question or involving cilil
dispute between parties in different states.
Federal Courts - ANS ✔✔94 Federal judicial districts, 13 courts of appeals, and the US Supreme
Court
In PA we appeal to the 3rd circuit of the Court of Appeals
Prosecutor can not appeal
Most cases are heard in state court
Rape & Murder
FED COURT V. STATE DOESN'T MATTER WHICH CASE IS "SERIOUS"
Shoot a post office worker on federal grounds, federal court
U.S. District Court System - ANS ✔✔If you loose in the US District Court, you can appeal to the
US Courts of Appeal, if you loose again you can appeal to the supreme court, but that is not a
garuntee
& answers passed
What Type of Law Are We Studying? - ANS ✔✔Criminal Law
What is criminal law? - ANS ✔✔when we as a society dictate that what someone has done is
enough to have freedom stripped away (rape, murder, dui)
What is civil law? - ANS ✔✔Stuff that society deems bad enough for punishment but not
enough to take freedom away, just money (Landlord-tenant dispute, Discrimination, Unlawful
termination)
Why are criminal cases written out as U.S v. Smith or Commonwealth of PA v. Smith? - ANS
✔✔A crime against one is against all government counties, districts, and or neighborhoods
Why are civil cases written out as Jones v. Smith? - ANS ✔✔It is private party vs. private party
Difference between Criminal and Civil penalties - ANS ✔✔Criminal - Imprisonment/Fines
Civil - Money
Burden of Proof? - ANS ✔✔Criminal - Beyond reasonable doubt Defendant doesn't have to
prove anything, the GOVERNMENT must prove their guilt
Civil - Perponderance of Evidence, like a scale
Rules of Evidence - ANS ✔✔Liability is the Civil case = of guilty in a criminal case
, Juries - ANS ✔✔Civil - Petit Jury - liable
Criminal - Grand Jury - decides if the defendant will face criminal charges
Federal Court - ANS ✔✔Something that calls on the US Government, Crime on Federal property
Treaty
Fed Court - Jurisdiction - ANS ✔✔Matters involving law or federal question or involving cilil
dispute between parties in different states.
Federal Courts - ANS ✔✔94 Federal judicial districts, 13 courts of appeals, and the US Supreme
Court
In PA we appeal to the 3rd circuit of the Court of Appeals
Prosecutor can not appeal
Most cases are heard in state court
Rape & Murder
FED COURT V. STATE DOESN'T MATTER WHICH CASE IS "SERIOUS"
Shoot a post office worker on federal grounds, federal court
U.S. District Court System - ANS ✔✔If you loose in the US District Court, you can appeal to the
US Courts of Appeal, if you loose again you can appeal to the supreme court, but that is not a
garuntee
