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1
Some defenses are classified into either justifications or excuses.
A)True
B)False
2
Determining legal sanity is generally never very difficult.
A)True
B)False
3
No crime can be defended or excused by necessity.
A)True
B)False
4
If a person is found to be legally insane and incapable of committing a crime, the person will immediately be set free.
A)True
B)False
5
Under the irresistible impulse test, if a defendant could distinguish between right and wrong an insanity defense may excuse his/her behavior if a mental disease was the sole cause of the defendant's act.
A)True
B)False
6
The case of Durham v. U.S. 214 F.2d 862 (D.C. Cir. 1954) provided the legal world with a new test of insanity.
A)True
B)False
7
The M'Naghten test requires that the __________ prove two elements.
A)prosecutor
B)defendant
C)judge
D)jury
8
Evidence that indicates that a thing to be proved is highly probably or reasonably certain is known as _______________ evidence.
A)Substantive
B)Legal
C)Clear and convincing
D)Primary
9
Someone who is under the influence of alcohol or drugs which may, depending on the degree of inebriation, render the party incapable of entering into a contractual relationship or of acting in a manner in which an ordinarily prudent and cautious person would have acted under similar circumstances is said to be _____________.
A)afraid
B)intoxicated
C)local
D)a party animal
10
A reason alleged for doing or not doing a thing is known as a (an) ___________.
A)excuse
B)justification
C)reason
D)wish





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