A defendant intending to rob a pharmacy put on a mask, carried a note demanding narcotics, entered the pharmacy, and walked toward the counter. Police stopped him before he handed over the note. Which statement best d...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.01
After agreeing to rob a store and after a co-conspirator bought masks, a defendant told the others, "I am out, and I will not help." The others committed the robbery a week later without him. Which statement best desc...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.03
...ishment in the syllabus path Criminal Law and Procedure > Substantive Crimes. A high-scoring answer states the rule, resolves the competing factual inferences, and explains why the doctrine does or does not apply. Common...
Citations: Common law criminal doctrine, Model Penal Code offense principles, Due process proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt doctrine
...ee transactions were civil fraud or bargaining disputes, not property crimes. Analyze the buyer's liability for false pretenses, larceny by trick, extortion, and any related theft offenses. This essay tests false pretens...
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 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 agreed with an undercover officer to sell stolen prescription drugs. The defendant believed the officer was a real buyer and took a step required by the jurisdiction's conspiracy statute. The officer never...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.03
...y, completed offenses, and Wharton's Rule. This essay tests merger of inchoate offenses, completed target offenses, conspiracy survival, and Wharton's Rule. NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.01, Model Penal Code 5.02, Model Penal Code 5.03, Model Penal Code 5.05
A defendant honestly but mistakenly believed that a neighbor's lawn mower was the same mower the neighbor had borrowed and refused to return. The defendant quietly took the mower from the neighbor's open garage intend...
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 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 planned to steal rare coins from a locked office. He bought lock picks, studied the building's camera schedule, and texted a friend, "Tonight I take the coins." At midnight, he entered the building with th...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.01
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 sent a text to an acquaintance saying, "Burn my competitor's delivery truck tonight and I will pay you $2,000." The acquaintance immediately refused and called police. Which statement best describes solici...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.02
...ribes ordinary merger principles? The best answer states the ordinary inchoate-offense merger rules. NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.05
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.05
A defendant stood outside a store and texted a burglar when police drove away, intending to help the burglar steal electronics. The burglar entered and stole the electronics. Which statement best describes accomplice...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.06
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. 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 account. After receiving $12,000 in customer payments, the manager used $5,000 to pay his personal rent...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 223.2, Model Penal Code 223.6
A friend knew that a burglar planned to steal laptops from a school at night. The friend agreed to text if a security guard approached, saying, "I do not want anyone hurt, but I will warn you if someone comes." The fr...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.06
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 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. The neighbor handed over the camera but expected it back the same day. The person immediately sold it...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 223.3
A pickpocket reached into a tourist's coat pocket intending to steal a wallet. The pocket was empty, and police arrested the pickpocket as his hand came out. Which statement best describes the pickpocket's factual-imp...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.01
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 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
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