Bsbwor501 Final Exam

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Part 1 of 2 -
63.0/ 70.0 Points

Question 1 of 12
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A statute that violates or inhibits fundamental constitutional protections is presumptively invalid.

True
False

Answer Key: True

Feedback: ch. 3

Question 2 of 12
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The defendant can be the initial aggressor and still raise a self-defense claim in some jurisdictions if the defendant withdraws from the attack and the attacked individual persists.

True
False

Answer Key: True

Feedback: ch. 5

Question 3 of 12
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The US Supreme Court has held that the Second Amendment does NOT apply only to the militia.
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Question 4 of 12
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If the defendant honestly but unreasonably believes self-defense is necessary under the circumstances, a claim of imperfect self-defense may reduce the severity of the offense.

True
False

Answer Key: True

Feedback: ch. 5

Question 5 of 12
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Which of the following is an example of criminal law?

A.Wills and trusts.

B.Assault.

C.Contracts.

D.Torts

Answer Key: B

Feedback: ch. 1

Question 6 of 12
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The victim’s opinion is one factor a court will consider when deciding whether or not to waive jurisdiction of a juvenile to adult court.

True
False

Answer Key: False

Feedback: ch. 6

Question 7 of 12
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A criminal defendant may not be prosecuted under both federal and state criminal laws for the same criminal act.

True
False

Answer Key: False

Feedback: ch. 2

Question 8 of 12
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With vicarious liability, the acting defendant is NOT criminally responsible for his or her conduct.

True
False

Answer Key: False

Feedback: ch. 7

Question 9 of 12
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A public defender will be appointed to a defendant who cannot afford an attorney and
citizens are not violated. One of these aspects is known as voluntary intoxication. According to Lisa Storm in the book “Constitutional Law” intoxication is known as a mental or physical disturbance caused by alcohol or legal/illegal drugs and the Model Penal Code recognizes intoxication as a disturbance of mental or physical capabilities resulting from the introduction of substances into the body (Storm, 2014, p. 159). Additionally, there are two different elements to intoxication when it comes to defense and that lies with voluntarily and involuntary. The difference between voluntary and involuntary rests primarily on whether or not the defendant was aware they were ingesting the alcohol or drugs. Although it may seem impractical to use voluntary intoxication as a defense, it is an actual defensive strategy in the United States court system. The basis behind this defense is to show that the defendant had an inability to demonstrate criminal intent based off of their mental or physical disturbance due to their level of intoxication. Lisa Storm tells us that voluntary intoxication is frowned upon by most states as a defense but it is allowed as an element to a defensive strategy to reduce the severity of a crime as a means of demonstrating the defendants’ reduced criminal intent (Storm,