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Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Right to Counsel and Trial Rights | ESSAY Hard

Malik was charged with armed robbery of a delivery driver. His defense was mistaken identity. Malik subpoenaed Jada,...

...was charged with armed robbery of a delivery driver. His defense was mistaken identity. Malik subpoenaed Jada, who would testify that she saw another man drop a handgun and delivery bag in an alley two blocks away minut...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Procedure, U.S. Const. amend. VI, Washington v. Texas, Chambers v. Mississippi, Brady v. Maryland, Smith v. Phillips

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Theft and Property Crimes | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

A defendant honestly but mistakenly believed that a neighbor's lawn mower was the same mower the neighbor had borrowe...

A defendant honestly but mistakenly believed that a neighbor's lawn mower was the same mower the neighbor had borrowed and refused to return. The defendant quietly took the mower from the neighbor's open garage intending...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Defenses | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

A hiker found an arrowhead on federal park land. A criminal statute prohibited removing artifacts from the park, but...

...charged under the statute. Which statement best describes the hiker's mistake-of-law argument? The best answer applies the ordinary rule that mistake of law is not a defense based on private misunderstanding. NCBE NextGe...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.04

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Inchoate Offenses | ESSAY Hard

A defendant asked a courier to deliver illegal drugs to a buyer, saying, "Take this package across town and sell it f...

...courier to the buyer's apartment and waited outside while the courier completed the sale. Police arrested both as the courier returned to the car. Prosecutors charge the defendant with solicitation, attempt to distribute...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.01, Model Penal Code 5.02, Model Penal Code 5.03, Model Penal Code 5.05

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Inchoate Offenses | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

A defendant solicited a friend to burn a car, took a substantial step toward helping, agreed with the friend to do it...

...he car. Prosecutors charge solicitation, attempt, conspiracy, and the completed arson. Which statement best describes ordinary merger principles? The best answer states the ordinary inchoate-offense merger rules. NCBE Ne...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.05

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Homicide | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Hard

A jurisdiction follows a Model Penal Code-style manslaughter rule. A defendant intentionally killed a victim while un...

...emotional distress caused by facts the defendant honestly but partly mistakenly believed were true. Which statement best describes the possible mitigation? The best answer states the Model Penal Code-style extreme emoti...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 210.3

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Inchoate Offenses | ESSAY Hard

A store owner wanted to collect insurance proceeds on an old warehouse. He told a driver, "I will pay you $5,000 to b...

...it arson. The store owner argues that there was no real agreement, no completed arson, and that he withdrew before any harm occurred. Analyze the solicitation and conspiracy charges under common approaches, including agr...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.02, Model Penal Code 5.03

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Theft and Property Crimes | ESSAY Hard

A tenant had permission to enter a neighbor's apartment to feed a cat while the neighbor traveled. The tenant entered...

...dispute and lit the neighbor's curtains on fire. The curtains burned completely, and flames charred part of a wooden window frame before sprinklers extinguished the fire. The apartment was in a building where the neighb...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 220.1, Model Penal Code 221.1

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Defenses | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

At a crowded airport baggage carousel, a traveler picked up a black suitcase that looked exactly like his own. He was...

...t is most accurate? The best answer recognizes that an honest factual mistake about ownership can negate larceny's specific intent. NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.04

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.04

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Substantive Crimes | ESSAY Medium

The prosecution charged an offense after disputed facts raised questions about intent, causation, and grading. A part...

...record includes facts suggesting that practice was unreasonable or incomplete in this setting. The opponent argues that custom ends the analysis. How should the court, tribunal, or decision maker resolve the dispute? Di...

Citations: Common law criminal doctrine, Model Penal Code offense principles, Due process proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt doctrine

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Constitutional Procedure | ESSAY Medium

The record contains mixed facts that support one part of the requested ruling but also suggest a limitation or defens...

...record includes facts suggesting that practice was unreasonable or incomplete in this setting. The opponent argues that custom ends the analysis. How should the court, tribunal, or decision maker resolve the dispute? Di...

Citations: Common law criminal doctrine, Model Penal Code principles, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment criminal procedure doctrine

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Homicide | ESSAY Hard

Two friends broke into a pharmacy at night intending to steal prescription drugs. One friend carried an unloaded pist...

...mer, and that the later traffic death occurred after the burglary was complete. Analyze the felony-murder charges for each death under common approaches, including qualifying felony, merger, agency and proximate-cause th...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 210.2

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Inchoate Offenses | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Hard

Two people conspired to rob a warehouse at night. During the robbery, one conspirator tied up a guard, a step that wa...

...or tied up a guard, a step that was reasonably foreseeable and helped complete the robbery. The other conspirator waited several blocks away as the driver. Which statement best describes the driver's possible liability f...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Identification and Lineups | ESSAY Hard

A shooting victim briefly saw the shooter's face under a streetlight before being wounded. At the hospital, doctors t...

...duce both pretrial identifications and an in-court identification. Ballistics evidence also links Sam's gun to the shooting. Sam moves to suppress the identification evidence. Analyze the hospital showup, the later lineu...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Procedure, U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Stovall v. Denno, Neil v. Biggers, Manson v. Brathwaite, United States v. Wade

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Search and Seizure | ESSAY Hard

Officer Chen stopped Dana for speeding. During the stop, Chen smelled burnt marijuana coming from the car and saw a s...

...s, plain view, and cell-phone limits. NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Procedure, U.S. Const. amend. IV, Arizona v. Gant, Cali...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Procedure, U.S. Const. amend. IV, Arizona v. Gant, California v. Acevedo, United States v. Ross, Riley v. California, South Dakota v. Opperman

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Identification and Lineups | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

Police required a suspect in a voice lineup to repeat the phrase used by a robber during the crime so a witness could...

...t rule for compelled voice exemplars. NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Procedure, U.S. Const. amend. V, United States v. Dionisio, United States v. Wade

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Procedure, U.S. Const. amend. V, United States v. Dionisio, United States v. Wade

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Confessions and Miranda | ESSAY Hard

Police responded to a shooting in a crowded subway station. Witnesses pointed to Omar, who was running toward an exit...

...ter helped prosecutors prove motive. Two hours later, detectives gave complete Miranda warnings, Omar signed a waiver form, and he repeated that he shot the victim over a debt. Omar moves to suppress each statement and t...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Procedure, U.S. Const. amend. V, Miranda v. Arizona, New York v. Quarles, Pennsylvania v. Muniz, Rhode Island v. Innis