True/False
True/False: Due process of law means equality for all living in the United States.
FALSE – it actually means fair treatment by the government.
A misdemeanor offense can carry a penalty of up to ____ months in jail.
12
This officer of the court can issue arrest warrants, search warrants, and criminal summonses.
Judge
This mental state is when a person’s conscious objective is to cause that result or to engage in that conduct.
Intentionally
The statute of limitations for a ____________ in Kentucky is one year.
(A) Felony
(B) Misdemeanor
(C) Subpoena
(D) All of the Above
(B) Misdemeanor
True/False: Police officers have the same Miranda rights as any other citizen if accused of a crime.
True
True/False: The Louisville Metro Ordinances cover all of Louisville Metro (the county).
True
If a person intentionally impedes the normal breathing or circulation of blood of another person and they do so with the intention to cause harm, they can be charged with Strangulation ____ degree.
First
What is the difference between 1st and 2nd degree?
This Kentucky Court has jurisdiction to try felonies.
Circuit Court
This mental state is when a person is aware that their conduct is of that nature or that the circumstance exists.
Knowingly
A Class D felony has a penalty period of ____ to ____ years.
(A) 1 to 5 years
(B) 5 to 10 years
(C) 1 to 10 years
(D) 2 to 5 years
(A) 1 to 5 years
Defense of ______ can be used as a legal defense for someone who used a weapon to defend off an attacker.
True/False: Reasonable suspicion is the level of proof needed to get a search warrant.
FALSE - probable cause
Justin can discharge his firearm within Louisville Metro as long as it is not done so within _____ feet of a structure.
300
Commonwealth Attorneys primarily prosecute in which Court?
Circuit Court
This mental state is when a person fails to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the rest will occur or that the circumstance exists.
Recklessly
A Class B felony has a penalty period of ___ to ___ years.
(A) 5 to 10 years
(B) 10 to 20 years
(C) 10 to 15 years
(D) 20 to 30 years
(B) 10 to 20 years
What is the term to describe the type of evidence that tends to show a person’s innocence relating to a crime.
Exculpatory
True/False: One function of law enforcement that is not related to crime is to provide information to the general public.
True
A Terry _____ requires reasonable suspicion of criminal activity while a Terry _____ is only permitted if you additional reasonable suspicion that the subject is “armed and dangerous.”
Stop; frisk
What are the 3 major components of the criminal justice system?
(1) Law enforcement
(2) Corrections
(3) Courts
This mental state is when a person is aware and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstances exist; the person does not mean for harm to result but takes the risk anyway.
Wantonly
This act is when you command or encourage another person to engage in specific conduct which would constitute that crime or an attempt to commit that crime (example: murder for hire).
(A) Criminal Solicitation
(B) Criminal Attempt
(C) Criminal Conspiracy
(D) Criminal Facilitation
(A) Criminal Solicitation
Select All that Apply: Exceptions to a warrant include:
(A) Plain view
(B) Consent
(C) Exigent circumstances
(D) C.O. request
(A) Plain View
(B) Consent
(C) Exigent Circumstances
True/False: Grabbing someone by the wrist is an example of physical force.
True
A person is guilty of _________ ________ when the person causes the death of another as a result from that person’s operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or another substance.
Vehicular Homicide
When a defendant refuses to be represented by an attorney and instead, represents themselves, this is called:
Pro se
An __________ liability offense is when there is no mental state written or implied by the statute.
Absolute
To falsely ____ a document is to change, without the authority of anyone entitled to grant it, a written instrument by means of erasure, deletion, insertion of new matter, or in any other manner so that the document appears to be an authentic creation.
(A) Alter
(B) Complete
(C) Modify
(D) Amend
(A) Alter
This term or phrase (3 words) refers to the process of accounting for the custody of evidence from collection until trial:
Chain of Custody