Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. At common law, a male forcing a female to perform oral sex on him constituted the crime of rape.

2. A man who grabs a woman he doesn’t know, hugs and kisses her against her will has committed a battery.

3. A jailer who intentionally holds a prisoner in confinement after the jailer is officially informed that the prisoner’s term of imprisonment has expired could be prosecuted for false imprisonment.

4. Modern criminal statutes define kidnapping essentially as did the common law.


1. F
2. T
3. T
4. F

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