Theft Crimes
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Crimes Against the Person
...st the PersonAssaultBatteryKidnappingFalse ImprisonmentSexual OffensesTheft CrimesLarcenyEmbezzlementFalse PretensesRobberyBurglaryArsonPossession OffensesDefensesSelf-DefenseDefense of OthersDefense of PropertyNecessity...
A buyer falsely told a boat owner, "My cashier's check has already cleared, and my bank confirmed the funds," knowing...
...ity for false pretenses, larceny by trick, extortion, and any related theft offenses. This essay tests false pretenses, larceny by trick, false promises, bad checks, and extortion. NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Crimina...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 223.3, Model Penal Code 223.4
A collector owned a rare watch. A jeweler falsely told the collector, "I need to inspect the watch for one hour to co...
A collector owned a rare watch. A jeweler falsely told the collector, "I need to inspect the watch for one hour to confirm whether it is real," while intending to sell it. The collector handed over the watch but said,...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 223.2, Model Penal Code 223.3, Model Penal Code 223.8
A defendant honestly but mistakenly believed that a neighbor's lawn mower was the same mower the neighbor had borrowe...
...eny? The best answer states the effect of an honest claim of right on theft intent. NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law
A defendant maliciously set fire to curtains inside another person's occupied house. The flames charred a wooden wind...
A defendant maliciously set fire to curtains inside another person's occupied house. The flames charred a wooden window frame before being extinguished. Which statement best describes common-law arson? The best answer...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 220.1
A defendant pointed a realistic toy gun at a cashier and demanded that the cashier open the register. The cashier, te...
A defendant pointed a realistic toy gun at a cashier and demanded that the cashier open the register. The cashier, terrified, opened the register, and the defendant took the cash. Which statement best describes robber...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 222.1
A defendant told a business owner, "Pay me $10,000 by Friday or I will falsely accuse you online of stealing from cus...
A defendant told a business owner, "Pay me $10,000 by Friday or I will falsely accuse you online of stealing from customers." The owner paid because of the threat. Which statement best describes extortion? The best an...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 223.4
A defendant took a bicycle from a rack without permission intending only to ride it around the block and return it. A...
A defendant took a bicycle from a rack without permission intending only to ride it around the block and return it. After riding for several minutes, he decided to keep it and hid it in his garage. Which statement bes...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law
A delivery-company manager was authorized to collect customer payments and deposit them weekly into the company's acc...
...ey as reimbursement. The repair-shop owner argues that he never saw a theft occur and therefore could not receive stolen property. Analyze the manager's and repair-shop owner's possible liability, including embezzlement...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 223.2, Model Penal Code 223.6
A nonprofit treasurer had authority to hold donation checks in the nonprofit's bank account and pay approved expenses...
A nonprofit treasurer had authority to hold donation checks in the nonprofit's bank account and pay approved expenses. The treasurer transferred $6,000 of donation money to his personal account and used it for a vacat...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 223.8
A pawnshop owner bought five new laptops for $100 each from a stranger in an alley after the stranger said, "These ca...
A pawnshop owner bought five new laptops for $100 each from a stranger in an alley after the stranger said, "These came from a school break-in, but nobody can trace them." The pawnshop owner resold two laptops the nex...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 223.6
A person falsely told a neighbor he needed to borrow the neighbor's camera for one hour to photograph storm damage. T...
...person immediately sold it. Which statement best describes the likely theft offense? The best answer distinguishes larceny by trick from false pretenses. NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 223
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 223.3
A shopper put a store's diamond bracelet into his coat pocket, intending to keep it, and walked toward the exit. Stor...
A shopper put a store's diamond bracelet into his coat pocket, intending to keep it, and walked toward the exit. Store security stopped him before he left the building. Which statement best describes larceny? The best...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law
A shopper slipped an expensive camera into his backpack while inside an electronics store, intending to keep it. A se...
A shopper slipped an expensive camera into his backpack while inside an electronics store, intending to keep it. A security guard confronted him near the exit and grabbed the backpack. The shopper shoved the guard har...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 221.1, Model Penal Code 222.1
A tenant had permission to enter a neighbor's apartment to feed a cat while the neighbor traveled. The tenant entered...
A tenant had permission to enter a neighbor's apartment to feed a cat while the neighbor traveled. The tenant entered during the evening intending to feed the cat. Once inside, he became angry about a past dispute and...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 220.1, Model Penal Code 221.1
At midnight, a defendant opened a closed but unlocked window of another person's house, climbed inside intending to s...
At midnight, a defendant opened a closed but unlocked window of another person's house, climbed inside intending to steal jewelry, and was caught before touching anything. Which statement best describes common-law bur...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 221.1
Inchoate Crimes
...st the PersonAssaultBatteryKidnappingFalse ImprisonmentSexual OffensesTheft CrimesLarcenyEmbezzlementFalse PretensesRobberyBurglaryArsonPossession OffensesDefensesSelf-DefenseDefense of OthersDefense of PropertyNecessity...
Arson
...st the PersonAssaultBatteryKidnappingFalse ImprisonmentSexual OffensesTheft CrimesLarcenyEmbezzlementFalse PretensesRobberyBurglaryArsonPossession OffensesDefensesSelf-DefenseDefense of OthersDefense of PropertyNecessity...
Duress
...st the PersonAssaultBatteryKidnappingFalse ImprisonmentSexual OffensesTheft CrimesLarcenyEmbezzlementFalse PretensesRobberyBurglaryArsonPossession OffensesDefensesSelf-DefenseDefense of OthersDefense of PropertyNecessity...
Merger
...st the PersonAssaultBatteryKidnappingFalse ImprisonmentSexual OffensesTheft CrimesLarcenyEmbezzlementFalse PretensesRobberyBurglaryArsonPossession OffensesDefensesSelf-DefenseDefense of OthersDefense of PropertyNecessity...
Murder
...st the PersonAssaultBatteryKidnappingFalse ImprisonmentSexual OffensesTheft CrimesLarcenyEmbezzlementFalse PretensesRobberyBurglaryArsonPossession OffensesDefensesSelf-DefenseDefense of OthersDefense of PropertyNecessity...
Assault
...st the PersonAssaultBatteryKidnappingFalse ImprisonmentSexual OffensesTheft CrimesLarcenyEmbezzlementFalse PretensesRobberyBurglaryArsonPossession OffensesDefensesSelf-DefenseDefense of OthersDefense of PropertyNecessity...