Exam 9: Offenses Contrary to the Public Morality

The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that the constitutional right to privacy for certain intimate conduct extends beyond the home to a hotel room,

An annulment and a divorce are the same thing.

In order to have the offense of DUI\DWI the offender must actually be driving the vehicle.

Which of the following is unlikely to be a crime under existing drug laws?

Which of the following is a legal means for establishing proof of DUI\DWI?

If specific material is defined as obscene, what do laws typically prohibit people doing with the material?

Drug usage among young teens has decreased since the 1970's.

Courts have ruled that relative to the crime of prostitution, that certain sexual activities that the law can prohibit in public may be protected in the home.

Twenty-five years ago New York State established mandatory minimum drug laws that provide strict penalties for drug violations.

Pornography can be deemed as obscene, for legal purposes, if it meets the definition of obscene as defined by the community standard test as set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Legalization of drugs is a seldom heard option for dealing with drugs in American society.

What are the pros and cons of having laws criminalizing bigamy and polygamy?

Prostitution is illegal in the United States except for one state.

Which state has developed rather harsh mandatory minimum penalties for drug possession and sale?

How are drug offenders differentiated for severity of penalty?

Which Amendment to the U. S. Constitution is often used to assert that specific materials, considered obscene by some, have constitutional protection?

What is the purpose of special courts to handle drug cases only?

The author of the textbook, suggests that abandoning drug law enforcement would

If your blood alcohol level is 0.09% the presumption of intoxication exits in law.

How can law enforcement officers define what is obscene material?