STREET LAW STUDY GUIDE CHAPTERS 7-15
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Children under the age of 7 can use the defense of what?
Name the defenses and how they can be used in the court of law:
Definition of arrest.
What is a court order commanding a person to be taken into custody?
Define probable cause:
Amendments for:
Search and Seizure
Self Incrimination
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Right to an attorney
7. Explain drug courts and their purpose:
8. Define Malice:
9. Define Principal, Accomplice, Accessory before, Accessory after:
10. Commanding another person to commit a crime:
11. Agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime:
12. Killing of one human by another:
13. What is the difference between first and second degree murder?
14. Difference between two types of manslaughter:
15. Define Negligence Homicide:
16. Willful and malicious burning of a person’s property
17. Willful destruction of damage to property of another
18. Unlawful taking or carrying away of property of another
19. Difference between petty and grand larceny:
20. The 2 forms of larceny and how they differ:
21. Unlawful taking of property by someone whom it is entrusted to and an example
of that
22. Use of threats to obtain property
23. Falsely making or altering a document with intent to defraud and an example of
that
24. What is the difference between robbery and burglary?
25. What is any evidence that is found or taken by unlawful manner cannot be used
in a court?
26. What are 3 exceptions to search warrants?
27. Explain Miranda v Arizona:
28. Explain guilty by association and give an example.
29. What is assault? Battery? How do they differ?
30. An amount of money for you to get out of jail until your trial:
31. Police must have what to “stop and frisk”? What is “stop and frisk”
32. Define nolo contendere and why you might use this instead of guilty plea:
33. Explain what a pre trail hearing is for: Grand Jury:
34. Explain 2 ways you can be in contempt of court:
35. An order from a higher court to a lower court or a government official:
36. 4 purposes of punishment:
37. Release of convicted person from prison before entire time has been served:
38. Aggravating vs. Mitigating circumstances:
39. Prison vs. Jail: