PLA 3306- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 46 pages long!)

• School: UCF
• Department: Paralegal/Legal Asst/Legal Adm
• Course: PLA 3306
• Professor: David Slaughter

Document Summary

Federal and state jurisdiction: united states constitution, the authority of congress to make conduct criminal comes from the u. s. constitution, congress has no general authority to enact criminal laws; Congress must act pursuant to an enumerated power granted to. Congress in the constitution: article i, u. s. const. State constitution, then the state law is valid: approximately 90& of all criminal cases are at the state level. 26. 012: felonies, misdemeanors that arise out of the same circumstancs as a felony which is also charged, delinquent acts/juvenile offenses, county court --- f. s. 775. 081/. 082/. 083 offense: capital felony, life felony, 1st degree felony punishable by life. 0: 1st degree felony, 2nd degree felony, 3rd degree felony. 1 year 0: 2nd degree misdemeanor, related rules and statutes. The state presented two theories: (1) these words are obscene --- the court said that obscenity applies only to material that depicts or describes sexual conduct.