IL Bar Criminal Law and Procedure 3

Question 1

Under Illinois law, what is the statute of limitations for most Class 2 felonies?

Accepted Answer

3 years

Answer

1 year

Answer

2 years

Answer

7 years

Question 2

A police officer conducts a stop-and-frisk of a pedestrian based on specific articulable facts. The required legal standard under Terry v. Ohio is:

Accepted Answer

Reasonable articulable suspicion of criminal activity

Answer

Probable cause

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Preponderance of the evidence

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Mere hunch or intuition

Question 3

Under Illinois sentencing law, a Class X felony carries a mandatory minimum sentence of:

Accepted Answer

6 years

Answer

1 year

Answer

3 years

Answer

10 years

Question 4

Accomplice liability in Illinois holds a person accountable for another's criminal conduct if the person:

Accepted Answer

Solicited, aided, abetted, agreed to, or attempted to aid another in planning or committing the offense

Answer

Was present during the crime

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Knew the principal intended to commit a crime

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Benefited from the crime after the fact

Question 5

A defendant invokes the right to remain silent during a custodial interrogation. Police resume questioning two hours later. Under Berghuis v. Thompkins, this is:

Accepted Answer

Permissible if the defendant later waives Miranda rights by making uncoerced statements

Answer

An automatic Miranda violation requiring suppression

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Prohibited once any indication of silence is given

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A constitutional violation only if the defendant requested an attorney

Question 6

Illinois recognizes the affirmative defense of self-defense. The defendant's belief that force was necessary must be:

Accepted Answer

Objectively reasonable and subjectively held

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Subjectively held regardless of objective reasonableness

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Supported by expert testimony

Answer

Based on prior contact with the attacker