Exam 5: Criminal Law and Procedure

Which of the following criminalized the offering or giving of anything of value to officials of foreign governments in an attempt to influence their official actions?

Rachael was arrested by the police on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance.She was informed of her Miranda rights.Rachael waived her right to remain silent and confessed to the crime after a brief period of police interrogation.Her confession is:

A(n)________ is any crime that is punishable neither by death nor by imprisonment.

Which of the following is a provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002?

Which of the following characterizes searches?

"White-collar crime" is the term used to describe a wide variety of offenses committed by:

The Equal Protection Clause is derived from which amendment to the U.S.Constitution?

Which of the following was created in response to Enron's highly publicized financial scandal and accounting controversy?

Which of the following characterizes the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)?

The ________ Amendment protects against compelled testimonial self-incrimination by establishing that "[n]o person … shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself."

In Shaw v.United States,the case in the text,the U.S.Supreme Court held that:

Voluntary intoxication usually serves as a complete defense to criminal liability.

When a court applies the exclusionary rule in a criminal case,it means that:

Average Corp.was convicted of violating the federal mail fraud statute due to the activities of some of its employees,who had used the U.S.mail to perpetrate a fraudulent scheme designed to advance the otherwise legitimate business interests of Average.Average appealed,arguing that its conviction should be set aside because the employees in question were relatively minor officials of the company and were acting without the knowledge or consent of any high-level corporate officer.In addition,Average argues that the involved employees were acting in violation of a longstanding and well-known Average policy against fraudulent schemes.Should Average's conviction be set aside?

Obscene expression receives no First Amendment protection.

The Double Jeopardy Clause:

Kathy was accused of securities fraud.During the government investigation,she destroyed relevant documents.Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,Kathy may:

Commercial speech receives which form of protection under the First Amendment?

Which United States Supreme Court case indicated that the search-incident-to-arrest doctrine does not permit a police officer from searching a smart phone of an individual who was arrested without a warrant?

To convict a defendant of a crime,the government ordinarily must prove three elements.Which of the following is not one of those elements?