2023 COLORADO POST STUDY GUIDE (Answered 100% Correctly) Complete Solution Guide A+ Rated

2023 COLORADO POST STUDY GUIDE (Answered 100% Correctly) Complete Solution Guide A+ Rated
2023 COLORADO POST STUDY GUIDE
(Answered 100% Correctly) Complete Solution
Guide A+ Rated
Formal requirement for a victim to file a complaint:
Attempt to resolve the matter at a local level
Sexual assault
(§18-3-402) // any actor who knowingly inflicts intrusion or penetration (F4) if: the
actor causes submission of victim OR the actor knows the victim is incapable of
appraising the nature of the conduct, OR actor knows there is erroneous
submission (believing to be their spouse), OR victim is under 15 and actor is at
least 4 years older (M1), OR between 15 and 17 and actor is 10 yrs older, OR
victim is physically helpless (F3) // F2 aggravators: actor is assisted by someone
else, victim suffers SBI, involves use of deadly weapon (or verbally represents)
Photographic arrays
ID procedures are not necessary if the witness knows the suspect (i.e. more than a
short time or mere acquaintances)
Label each part of the following statute:
16-3-504(2.2)(a)(II)(A)
16 - Title
3 - Article
504 - Section
(2.2) - Subsection
(a) - Paragraphs
(II) - Sub-Paragraphs
(A) - Sub Sub-Paragraphs
What are the two types of arrest?
Custodial
Non-Custodial
An emergency protective order expires after _____?
Three judicial days
§ 18-1-402. Presumption of Innocence
Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty
§ 18-1-403. Legal Assistance and Supporting Services
All indigent persons who are charged with or held for the commission of a crime
are entitled to legal representation and supporting services at the state's expense
Dunaway v. New York said what?
an officer needs PC for any arrest
§ 18-1-404 Preliminary hearing or waiver-dispositional hearing
Every person accused of a class 1, 2, or 3 felony or level 1 or level 2 drug felony
has the right to demand and receive a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time
to determine whether PC exists
Only those persons charged with a class 4, 5, or 6 felony that requires mandatory
sentencing, or is charged with a crime of violence or sexual offense, shall have the
right to demand and receive a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time to
determine whether PC exists
How many jurors on a felony trial?
12
How many jurors on a misdemeanor trial?
6
How long for a speedy trial?
180 days from the date of entry of a not guilty plea
§ 18-1-405
What property crime can you use deadly force to defend against?
First Degree Arson
§ 18-1-407 Affirmative Defense
Means that unless the state's evidence raises the issue involving the alleged
defense, the defendant, to raise the issue, shall present some credible evidence on
that issue
If the issue involved in an affirmative defense is raised, then the guilt of the
defendant must be...
Established beyond a reasonable doubt as to that issue as well as all other elements
of the offense
When is an officer in detentions justified in using physical force?
in all other circumstances when and to the extent that he reasonably believes it is
necessary to prevent when he reasonably believes to be the escape of a prisoner
from a detention facility
Detention Facility
any place maintained for the confinement, pursuant to law, or persons charged with
or convicted of an offense, held for extradition, or otherwise confined pursuant to
an order of a court
§ 18-1-707 Use of physical force in making an arrest or in preventing an escape.
(Deadly force)
A peace officer is justified in using deadly physical force upon another person
when he reasonably believes that it is necessary:
-to defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the use
or imminent use of deadly physical force
-to effect an arrest or prevent an escape of a person whom he reasonably believes
----has committed or attempted to commit a felony involving the use or threatened
use of a deadly weapon
----is attempting escape by the use of a deadly weapon
----otherwise indicates that he is likely to endanger human life or to inflict SBI
unless apprehended without delay
§ 18-1-706 Use of Physical Force in Defense of Property
A person is justified in using reasonable and appropriate physical force upon
another person when and to the extent that he reasonably believes it is necessary to
prevent what he reasonably believes to be an attempt by the other person to
commit theft, criminal mischief, or criminal tampering involving property
§ 18-1-705 Use of physical force in defense of premises
A person is justified in using reasonable and appropriate physical force upon
another person when and to the extent that it is reasonably necessary to prevent or
terminate what he reasonably believes to be the commission or attempted
commission of an unlawful trespass by the other person in or upon the building,
realty, or premises
§ 18-1-704.5 Use of Deadly Physical Force against an intruder
(Make My Day Law)
Any occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force, no
matter how slight, against another person when that other person has made an
unlawful entry into the dwelling, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief
that such other person has committed a crime in that dwelling in addition to the
uninvited entry, or is committing or intends to commit a crime against a person or
property
The occupant shall be immune from criminal prosecution and civil liability
A short rifle is defined as having a barrel length of less than ________ inches or an
overall length of less than 26 inches
16
A short shotgun is defined as having a overall length of less than
26 inches
§ 18-1-709 Entrapment
You can't convince someone to commit a crime and then charge them with the
crime
What age is insufficient age?
10 years old
Act
A bodily movement, and includes words and possession of property
Conduct
an act or omission and its accompanying state of mind or, where relevant, a series
of acts of omissions
Criminal Negligence
Through a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would
exercise, he fails to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a result will
occur or that a circumstance exists
Culpable Mental State
Intentionally
Knowingly
Recklessly
Criminal negligence
Intentianally
When his conscious objective is to cause the specific result proscribed by the
statute defining the offense
Knowingly
When he is aware that his conduct is of such nature or that such circumstance
exists
When he is aware that his conduct is practically certain to cause the result
Omission
A failure to perform an act as to which a duty of performance is imposed by law
Recklessly
When he consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a result
will occur or that a circumstance exists
Voluntary Act
An act performed consciously as a result of effort or determination, and includes
the possession of property if the actor was aware of his physical possession of
property if the actor was aware of his physical possession or control thereof for a
sufficient period to have been able to terminate it
Criminal Liability
The performance by a person of conduct which includes a voluntary act or the
omission to perform an act which he is physically capable of performing
Strict Liability
when conduct alone is all that is required for the commission of a particular
offense
(ex: DUI)
Mental Culpability
When a culpable mental state on the part of the actor is required with respect to
any material element of an offense
(ex: Murder)
§ 18-1-603 Complicity
A person is legally accountable as principal for the behavior of another constituting
a criminal offense if, with the intent to promote or facilitate the commission of the
offense, he or she aids, abets, advises, or encourages the other person in planning
or committing the offense
*basically if they helped out in the crime
§ 18-1-702 Choice of Evils
Conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable and not
criminal when it is necessary as an emergency measure to avoid an imminent
public or private injury which is about to occur