Post Required Penal Codes

Question 1

1203 PC

Answer 1

Probation definition

Question 2

18 PC

Answer 2

General punishments for felonies

Question 3

19 PC

Answer 3

General punishments for misdemeanors

Question 4

4 PC

Answer 4

Statutes must be interpreted by the “spirit of the law”

Question 5

647 (f) PC

Answer 5

Public intoxication

Question 6

15 PC

Answer 6

Defines a crime as an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it.

Question 7

27 PC

Answer 7

Lists those liable for punishment under the law

Question 8

20 PC

Answer 8

In order for a crime to take place there must be an act with intent or criminal negligence.

Question 9

459 PC

Answer 9

Burglary

Question 10

445 PC

Answer 10

Attempted arson

Question 11

220 PC

Answer 11

Attempt to commit sex crimes

Question 12

664 PC

Answer 12

General attempt crimes punishments

Question 13

17 PC

Answer 13

Defines a felony

Question 14

1170 (h)(5)

Answer 14

Officers should determine subject’s supervision status by asking if they are on:
Parole, probation, or supervision

Question 15

3465

Answer 15

Postrelease Community Supervision (PRCS) offenders are subject to warrantless searches.

Question 16

3455

Answer 16

An officer may arrest a PRCS offender if they have probable cause to believe that they violated the terms of release.

Question 17

31

Answer 17

PRINCIPALS include all people involved in the commission of a felony or misdemeanor. They must have criminal intent.

Question 18

32

Answer 18

An ACCESSORY is someone who assists the principal after a felony has been committed.

Question 19

33

Answer 19

Being an accessory is punishable by prison, jail, and/or fine.

Question 20

1111

Answer 20

ACCOMPLICE testimony must be corroborated by other evidence to connect the defendant to the crime.

Question 21

26

Answer 21

Defines people incapable of criminal intent to include:
-Under 14 years old
-Mentally incapacitated
-Ignorance
-Unconscious
-Misfortune or accident
-Under threat or malice