- Subornation of perjury was defined at common law as:
a. preventing another from perjuring herself or himself in an official proceeding.
b. corrupt procurement of another to commit perjury.
c. knowing a witness is lying and failing to inform the Court.
d. none of the above
--What the common law called embracery is now more commonly referred to as:
a. corruption by intimacy.
b. bribery.
c. solicitation.
d. jury tampering.
- At common law, a major difference between embracery and subornation of perjury was:
a. a juror need not be influenced by the embracer in reaching the verdict.
b. the former was a felony and the latter a misdemeanor.
c. jury tampering was more accepted than procuring false testimony.
d. embracery was much easier to prove.
- At common law, the distinction between escape and prison break was:
a. escape involved use of force and prison break did not.
b. prison break involved use of force and escape did not.
c. prison break required more than one offender escaping confinement.
d. both a and c
Which of the following meets the definition of “lawful custody” for purpose of escape?
a. Confinement in a county jail
b. Whenever a prisoner is under another’s general supervision and his or her freedom of movement is restricted
c. When a prison inmate is taken to a public hospital for treatment
d. All of the above