NOVA MIDDLE BAR EXAM - FINAL REVIEW WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

Accessory After the Fact correct answersA party who commits a crime by hiding the offender or aiding in their escape preventing punishment. Accessory Before the Fact correct answersA party who ordered a crime to be committed but did not do it. Accomplice correct answersA party who agrees to a crime as the main criminal or in accessory. Actus Reus correct answersLatin phrase for a criminal act. Acquittal correct answersWhen a person accused of a crime is legally freed by a court due to a lack of evidence. Aggravated Assault correct answersan intentional threat against another person with a deadly weapon, or while in the commission of a felony, which creates a reasonable fear that violence or harm is about to happen. Alibi correct answersA defense a defendant uses that offers evidence to show that he was in another place at the time the crime was committed. Arrest Warrant correct answersA written order signed by a judge directing a law enforcement officer to arrest the person named in it who is accused of an offense. Felony correct answersA crime punishable by death or confinement in prison. Grand Jury correct answersA special type of jury that investigates whether criminal charges should be brought. Can have 16-23 people.