PRACTICE EXERCISE
The following exercise is multiple choice.
There are four possible choices
to each. You are to select the one correct choice by CIRCLING the letter beside it
directly on these pages. This is a self-graded lesson exercise.
DO NOT look up
the correct answer from the solution until you have finished.
To do so will
endanger your ability to learn this material. Also, your final examination score
will tend to be lower than if you had followed these recommendations.
1.
The Assimilative Crimes Act:
A.
adopts
as state law the criminal laws of the post.
B.
allows
state courts to obtain jurisdiction over military posts.
C.
adopts
as federal law the criminal law of the surrounding state.
D.
allows
federal courts to obtain jurisdiction over state territory.
2.
O'Callahan v. Parker limited court-martial jurisdiction, in that:
A.
it created the probability test.
B.
it required the military to show a service-connection before it had
court-martial jurisdiction.
C.
it allows military jurisdiction only in cases involving purely military
offenses.
D.
it declared several parts of the UCMJ to be void and not enforceable.
3.
At present, the Constitution, UCMJ, and Manual for Courts-Martial represent:
A.
sources of military authority.
B.
civil affairs.
C.
martial laws.
D.
the law of war.
4.
Based on the double jeopardy prohibition, a person cannot be tried twice for
the same crime in:
A.
a state court and in a military court (court-martial).
B.
a state court and federal court.
C.
a federal court and a military court (court-martial).
D.
all of the above.
5.
Military jurisdiction is unique, because:
A.
it
may follow the person outside the territorial boundaries of a post.
B.
it
is limited by territorial boundaries.
C.
it
only operates in time of war.
D.
it
does not apply overseas.
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