Case 3.1 Bill Is Leaving Work When a Co-Worker Asks Him to Asks

question 55

Multiple Choice

Case 3.1
Bill is leaving work when a co-worker asks him to drop off a package at the post office on his way home. The co-worker explains that he must work late and can’t get to the post office before it closes. Bill stops at the post office and is met by police officers with drug-sniffing canines who discover the package his co-worker gave him contains cocaine.

-Bill would not be guilty of a crime in most states,because most states require

• A) knowing possession
• B) mere possession
• C) concurrent possession
• D) constructive possession

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Definitions:

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a type of RNA that conveys genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where it specifies the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression.

Protein Structure

The specific three-dimensional arrangement of amino acids in a protein, determining its function and activity, includes primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures.

Exons

Segments of a DNA or RNA molecule containing information coding for a protein or peptide sequence.

Introns

Noncoding sections of an RNA transcript, or the DNA encoding it, that are removed before the RNA molecule is translated into a protein.