Criminal Law and Procedure Flashcards
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In Kansas, the crime of battery requires:
Answer: Intentional harmful or offensive contact with another person
Kansas battery is intentionally causing bodily harm or offensive physical contact with another person.
Which of the following statements about accomplice liability is CORRECT?
Answer: An accomplice can be convicted even if the principal is acquitted
An accomplice may be convicted regardless of the principal's acquittal because each person's guilt is determined individually.
Under the exclusionary rule, which of the following is an exception that allows illegally obtained evidence to be admitted?
Answer: The evidence would have been inevitably discovered by lawful means
The inevitable discovery doctrine allows admission of unlawfully obtained evidence if the prosecution proves it would have been found through lawful means.
In a Kansas criminal trial, which standard applies to affirmative defenses such as self-defense?
Answer: The defendant must present sufficient evidence to raise the defense; the state then disproves it beyond a reasonable doubt
In Kansas, once a defendant produces sufficient evidence to raise a defense like self-defense, the prosecution must disprove it beyond a reasonable doubt.
A warrantless search of a car is permissible under the automobile exception when:
Answer: Police have probable cause to believe it contains contraband or evidence of a crime
The automobile exception permits a warrantless search of any part of the vehicle where contraband or evidence might be found when police have probable cause.
Which of the following is required to establish a valid claim of entrapment under Kansas law?
Answer: The defendant was not predisposed to commit the crime and was induced by the government
Kansas entrapment requires showing government inducement and that the defendant was not predisposed to commit the crime prior to the government's contact.
Under the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause, testimonial hearsay by an unavailable declarant is admissible only if:
Answer: The defendant had a prior opportunity to cross-examine the declarant
Under Crawford v. Washington, testimonial hearsay is admissible only if the defendant had a prior opportunity to cross-examine the now-unavailable declarant.