ACTUAL EXAM 2025 – 2026 CRIMINAL
LAW (BAR EXAM) EXAM WITH CORRECT
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST
ALREADY GRADED A+
aggressor's right to self-defense - ANSWERS-NO right to self-
defense UNLESS:
a) Withdrawal + communication OR
b) Escalation from non-deadly force to deadly force by
victim
defense of others - ANSWERS-may use such force to defend
others (non-deadly or deadly) as reasonably believed others
may use to defend themselves
defense of property - non-deadly force - ANSWERS-
prerequisites: Reasonably believed necessary to prevent
imminent unlawful entry or dispossession
defense of property - deadly force - ANSWERS--
prerequisites: NOT allowed to protect property
,-narrow EXCEPTION: when in the home if reasonably
believed to be necessary to defend against entry with intent
to (seriously) injure or commit (forcible) felony
duress (coercion) - ANSWERS-Elements → defense for
crimes, excluding homicides, if reasonably believed:
1) under threat by another person
2) of imminent death or serious bodily injury
3) to self or family (or maybe any third party)
4) no reasonably way out of situation
5) not at fault in bringing about situation
necessity ("choice of evils") - ANSWERS-Elements → defense
for crimes, likely excluding homicides, if reasonably
believed:
1) necessary to avoid greater imminent harm to society
2) from natural forces
3) no killing to protect property → likely not even to protect
more lives
entrapment - ANSWERS-Elements → NARROW defense that
requires showing:
, 1) criminal design ORIGINATED with the government, AND
2) defendant not predisposed to commit the crime
Situations in which a Legal Duty to Act may arise: -
ANSWERS-i) statute (e.g., paying taxes, reporting child
abuse)
ii) contract (e.g., nurse, nanny)
iii) relationship (e.g., parent, spouse)
iv) assumption of care (e.g., Misery)
v) creation of peril (e.g., hitting pedestrian)
Mens Rea (MR) - ANSWERS-MENTAL or INTERNAL
component of a crime
specific intent crimes - ANSWERS--purpose or object
-the manner in which the crime was committed may provide
circumstantial evidence of intent
the major specific intent crimes - ANSWERS-1) 1st degree
murder
2) assault
3) inchoate offenses
LAW (BAR EXAM) EXAM WITH CORRECT
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST
ALREADY GRADED A+
aggressor's right to self-defense - ANSWERS-NO right to self-
defense UNLESS:
a) Withdrawal + communication OR
b) Escalation from non-deadly force to deadly force by
victim
defense of others - ANSWERS-may use such force to defend
others (non-deadly or deadly) as reasonably believed others
may use to defend themselves
defense of property - non-deadly force - ANSWERS-
prerequisites: Reasonably believed necessary to prevent
imminent unlawful entry or dispossession
defense of property - deadly force - ANSWERS--
prerequisites: NOT allowed to protect property
,-narrow EXCEPTION: when in the home if reasonably
believed to be necessary to defend against entry with intent
to (seriously) injure or commit (forcible) felony
duress (coercion) - ANSWERS-Elements → defense for
crimes, excluding homicides, if reasonably believed:
1) under threat by another person
2) of imminent death or serious bodily injury
3) to self or family (or maybe any third party)
4) no reasonably way out of situation
5) not at fault in bringing about situation
necessity ("choice of evils") - ANSWERS-Elements → defense
for crimes, likely excluding homicides, if reasonably
believed:
1) necessary to avoid greater imminent harm to society
2) from natural forces
3) no killing to protect property → likely not even to protect
more lives
entrapment - ANSWERS-Elements → NARROW defense that
requires showing:
, 1) criminal design ORIGINATED with the government, AND
2) defendant not predisposed to commit the crime
Situations in which a Legal Duty to Act may arise: -
ANSWERS-i) statute (e.g., paying taxes, reporting child
abuse)
ii) contract (e.g., nurse, nanny)
iii) relationship (e.g., parent, spouse)
iv) assumption of care (e.g., Misery)
v) creation of peril (e.g., hitting pedestrian)
Mens Rea (MR) - ANSWERS-MENTAL or INTERNAL
component of a crime
specific intent crimes - ANSWERS--purpose or object
-the manner in which the crime was committed may provide
circumstantial evidence of intent
the major specific intent crimes - ANSWERS-1) 1st degree
murder
2) assault
3) inchoate offenses
