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A) degree of the crime
B) legality principle
C) void-for-vagueness principle
D) but for rule
8) Bob turns 21 and goes out and buys his first six-pack of beer. The
next week, the drinking age is raised to 22 and the sheriff arrests Bob
for buying that six-pack. Bob is the victim of:
A) the void-for-vagueness principle.
B) proximate cause.
C) an ex post facto law.
D) the principle of legality.
9) Bob decides to kill Ray. He takes a loaded gun and goes to Ray's
house. He sees Ray sitting on the porch and takes a shot at him.
What Bob didn't know was that Ray died of a heart attack, there on
his porch, a half-hour before Bob arrived. If Bob is charged with
attempted homicide, he might claim the defense of:
A) renunciation.
B) impossibility.
C) strict liability.
D) abandonment.
10) Today we call one who knowingly gives assistance to a person
who has committed a felony for the purpose of helping that individual
avoid apprehension or detection a(n):