Defense of Property
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Defense of Others
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Trustee asked Beneficiary to sign a release approving Trustee's purchase of trust property. Trustee told Beneficiary...
...e? This question tests beneficiary consent, release, and ratification defenses. Uniform Trust Code section 1009
Citations: Uniform Trust Code section 1009
Serena, a licensed nurse with no criminal record, volunteered at a clinic. An undercover officer posing as a patient...
...owner is charged with aggravated battery. Analyze Serena's entrapment defense and the pawnshop owner's defense-of-property argument. This essay tests entrapment, predisposition, inducement, and the limits on defense of p...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.13, Model Penal Code 3.06
A store owner saw a thief run out of the store carrying a boxed television. The thief was twenty feet away, running t...
A store owner saw a thief run out of the store carrying a boxed television. The thief was twenty feet away, running toward an empty alley, and had not threatened anyone. The owner shouted, "Stop or I will shoot." When th...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 3.06
Dr. Lane, a university chemist with a long history of psychotic episodes, became convinced that a museum's antique co...
...lary, larceny, and property damage. Analyze Lane's potential insanity defense under the M'Naghten, irresistible-impulse, and Model Penal Code substantial-capacity approaches. Also explain how insanity differs from compet...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 4.01
A cabin owner rigged a spring gun inside an empty storage shed to shoot at anyone who opened the shed door without pe...
...and was seriously injured. Which statement best describes the owner's defense-of-property privilege? This question tests the no-deadly-force limit for defense of property. NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatem...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
An elderly collector owned a rare first edition worth about $80,000. A dealer visited the collector after learning fr...
...slurring his words and could not read the bid sheet. Analyze capacity defenses for the book sale, the watch purchase, and the painting purchase, including any restitution issues. This essay tests mental incapacity, adjud...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 12, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 15, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 16, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
Janelle filed a federal diversity action in the District of State D against NorthCable Corp. NorthCable is incorporat...
...iscuss. This essay tests wrong-venue transfer and waiver of the venue defense. 28 U.S.C. 1406, Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(3), Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)
Citations: 28 U.S.C. 1406, Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(3), Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)
Nolan owned a backyard workshop. After several small tools disappeared, he rigged a spring-loaded metal bar inside th...
...ruggle. Rae sues Nolan for battery and property damage. Nolan asserts defense of property and recapture of chattels. Analyze both defenses and any limits on Nolan's conduct. This essay tests defense of property, mechanic...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
Defenses
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Self-Defense
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Sexual Offenses
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Possession Offenses
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A city hired Ridge Blasting to remove bedrock for a sewer tunnel beneath a residential block. Ridge obtained permits,...
...ers' strict-liability claims against Ridge. Address Ridge's strongest defenses. This essay tests abnormally dangerous activity strict liability for blasting and scope of risk. NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Rest...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts, Restatement (Third) of Torts
Ian, a sculptor, displayed several works in a private gallery. The written consignment agreement allowed Ian to remov...
...allowed him to enter the gallery to retrieve his work. Analyze Ian's defenses to each charge. This essay tests intoxication, mistake of fact, mistake of law, and the distinction between specific-intent and genera...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.04, Model Penal Code 2.08
Malik was charged with armed robbery of a delivery driver. His defense was mistaken identity. Malik subpoenaed Jada,...
Malik 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...
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
A divorce decree divided marital property and ordered one spouse to pay monthly maintenance until further order of th...
...and ordered one spouse to pay monthly maintenance until further order of the court. Two years later, the payor spouse involuntarily loses a job and obtains new employment at substantially lower pay. Which statement is mo...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 316, 319
On notebook paper, Testator handwrote, "At my death, I leave my house to Ana and the rest of my property to Ben." Tes...
...estator handwrote, "At my death, I leave my house to Ana and the rest of my property to Ben." Testator signed and dated the paper. No witness signed. The state recognizes holographic wills if the signature and material p...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code section 2-502
Arson
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Duress
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Merger
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Murder
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Assault
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