Application and Graduation

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1. Under the ordinary Article50 rule, how is the principal’s penalty for a frustrated felony related to that for the consu…
2. Under the ordinary Article51 rule, what reduction applies to principals in an attempted felony?
3. What is the difference between a degree and a period in penalty analysis?
4. A court applies the general rule for an accomplice in a consummated felony. What reduction does Article52 specify from …
5. An offense expressly prescribes its own attempted-stage penalty. A party insists Article51 must override that specific …
6. A judge takes the numerical maximum of a prescribed penalty and divides it by two to impose one degree lower, without c…
7. The applicable divisible penalty has three periods. No modifying circumstance or special rule applies. One party says t…
8. Distinguish graduation by degree from selection of a period.
9. Explain the ordinary stage and participation reductions and why Article60 must be checked.
10. Why is dividing a prison maximum by two not a sufficient method of imposing a penalty one degree lower?
11. Under ordinary Article53, an accessory to a consummated felony receives what reduction from that felony’s prescribed pe…
12. Under ordinary Article54, an accomplice to a frustrated felony is one degree below which reference?