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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...

A hiker found an arrowhead on federal park land. A criminal statute prohibited removing artifacts from the park, but the hiker had read a private travel website stating that visitors could keep small finds. The hiker too...

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

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Defenses | ESSAY Hard

Serena, a licensed nurse with no criminal record, volunteered at a clinic. An undercover officer posing as a patient...

Serena, a licensed nurse with no criminal record, volunteered at a clinic. An undercover officer posing as a patient repeatedly told Serena that his child was in severe pain and that no doctor would help. Serena refused...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.13, Model Penal Code 3.06

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Defenses | ESSAY Hard

Dr. Lane, a university chemist with a long history of psychotic episodes, became convinced that a museum's antique co...

...e fled, he told a bystander, "The police will not understand, but the criminal code cannot apply to a divine rescue." After his arrest, Lane was able to describe the court process and communicate coherently with counsel...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 4.01

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Defenses | ESSAY Hard

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

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Defenses | ESSAY Hard

Maya and Victor argued in a grocery-store parking lot after Maya accused Victor of damaging her car. Maya shoved Vict...

...ath and aggravated battery for shooting Leo. Analyze Maya's available defenses, including self-defense, initial-aggressor limits, any duty to retreat, and defense of others. This essay...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 3.04, Model Penal Code 3.05

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Defenses | ESSAY Hard

Omar occasionally delivered packages for a neighborhood gang, but he had never before seen weapons or drugs. One nigh...

...ief for damaging the gate and electrical box. Analyze Omar's possible defenses of duress and necessity, including any limits on those defenses. This essay tests duress, necessity, reasonable alternatives, self-created em...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.09, Model Penal Code 3.02

Question Contracts | Defenses and Capacity | ESSAY Hard

A medical-device company contracted with a supplier for custom sensors needed to complete ventilators for a hospital...

...d a settlement. The distributor signed even though it believed it had defenses. Finally, an elderly shareholder depended on her nephew for transportation, bill payment, and daily care. The nephew urged her to sell him he...

Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 174, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 175, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 176, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 177

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 | 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 | 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 | Substantive Crimes | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Hard

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

...e charged offense, required mens rea, actus reus, causation, grading, defenses, and any sentencing consequence. Common law criminal doctrine, Model Penal Code offense principles, Due process proof-beyond-a-reasonable-dou...

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