Exam 7: Cyber Law and Cyber Crimes

Which of the following constitutional amendments protects criminal defendants from cruel and unusual punishment?

Which of the following would violate the Double Jeopardy Clause?

A person charged with a crime in the United States is presumed guilty until proven innocent.

Corporations can seek protection under the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.

Persons injured by a RICO violation can bring a private civil RICO action against the violator.

The case against the accused is dismissed if neither an indictment nor information statement is issued.

The crime of ________ involves the obtaining of property from another,with his or her consent,induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force,violence,or fear.

Who is the plaintiff in a criminal lawsuit?

________ crimes are prone to being committed by businesspersons,and usually involve cunning and deceit rather than physical force.

In common law,burglary is defined as "breaking and entering a dwelling at night" with the intent to commit a misdemeanor.

Extortion of private persons is commonly referred to as blackmail.

In a criminal lawsuit,the government is represented by a lawyer called the defense attorney.

The attorney-client privilege can only be raised by the defendant.

Violation of the Money Laundering Control Act subjects any property involved in or traceable to the offense to forfeiture to the government.

A jury that cannot come to a unanimous decision about the defendant's guilt is called a(n)________ jury.

A party may enter a plea of ________,whereby the accused agrees to the imposition of a penalty but does not admit guilt.

A defendant is protected by the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment if his or her case results in a hung jury.

Frank Carpenter,who runs a charity organization,has been faking his father's signature on his father's personal checks and writing them in favor of the charity as donations.He gets hold of the checks from his father's personal assistant,Rhonda Mason,who is also Frank's friend and the charity's trustee.After faking the signature,Frank gives the checks to Rhonda to deposit in the bank.But unbeknownst to Frank,Rhonda routes some of the check money into her own savings account.Frank's father,Dawson,realizes that money is being withdrawn from his account without his consent.He suspects his estranged son,Frank,and in order to find out if Frank is involved,Dawson secretly offers money to the financial accountant of the charity to divulge the charity organization's financial dealings.The accountant accepts the money and gives access to the account books.After scrutinizing the financial records,Dawson realizes that Frank has been swindling him of his money,and the charity itself was being swindled by somebody from within.With this information,Dawson proceeds to file a suit against his son.In the above scenario,which of the following crimes has Rhonda Mason committed?

At what stage of the criminal procedure is the accused asked to enter a plea?

The ________ Amendment to the U.S.Constitution protects criminal defendants from cruel and unusual punishment.