Exam 13: Criminal Law and Business

To protect individual citizens, courts have held that police officers making an arrest need a search warrant to search that person and the immediate area around that person for weapons.

Which of the following is not a possible plea for a defendant in a criminal case?

The Fifth Amendment provides in part that no "person shall be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb." This is known as the _____.

What are sentencing guidelines? Discuss their use in sentencing convicts today.

Albert has falsely reported income, which he obtained from illegally selling drugs in his neighborhood, as income obtained from his job at Seven Eleven Mart. Albert is guilty of which of the following?

Which of the following is true of the right to search a person, automobile, or premises?

Yen is almost bankrupt, and decides to change the situation. He accesses his boss's laptop and extracts the company's plans for the launch of a new product. Yen sells these plans to a competitor for a huge sum of money. Discuss the crimes Yen can be prosecuted for.

Once a grand jury is convened, all members must be present to hear evidence and vote on cases.

Which of the following is true of grand and petit juries?

_____ is an agreement or a "kind of partnership" for criminal purposes in which each member becomes the agent or partner of every other member.

What must be shown to prove a conspiracy?

Who has the burden of proof to prove the presence of a scheme to defraud?

Discuss embezzlement and money laundering.

Which of the following is true of a material fact?

Discuss endangerment of workers as a crime.

Courts do not allow individuals to be tried twice by the same governmental entity for the same crime based on the same factual situation.

Because a corporation can't be put in jail, a corporation cannot face criminal charges.

Describe the principles that the guidelines for sentencing organizations are based on?

The determination that a crime has been committed and that the evidence presented is sufficient to warrant the accused's standing trial is known as _____.

When an individual commits an act with the intent to obstruct the legislative process or a judicial process, he/she is guilty of _____.