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

1. Under our system of law, a person cannot be punished merely for an evil intention.

2. A person’s failure to act can never be the actus reus of a crime.

3. In certain instances, mere possession of an item can be classified as a crime.

4. In Robinson v. California (1962), the U.S. Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a California statute that made it an offense for a person “to be addicted to the use of narcotics.”


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

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