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Criminal Law
Chapters 1- 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are punishable by fine and/or confinement in the local jail for up to one year? | misdemeanors |
| What are crimes punishable by death or confinement in the state’s prison for one year to life without parole | Felonies |
| “the right of law-abiding, responsible citizens to use arms in defense of hearth and home” Is what amendment? | Amendment II |
| The Fourth Amendment right to be secure in one’s “person, house, papers, and effects” from what? | unreasonable searches |
| The execution of juveniles began in what year? | 1642 |
| If there is conduct justified then there is no criminal liability. True or false | True |
| A _____ is something that causes a person to act | Motive |
| After the prosecution rests its case, defendants can challenge the prosecution’s case, like alibi, or mistaken eyewitness identification. True or False | False |
| the area immediately surrounding the home | curtilage |
| Proving causation requires proving two kinds of cause: | : Factual cause and Legal cause |
| Struck down a Texas statute making adult consensual same sex sodomy a crime is what case? | Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S.558 (2003) |
| criminal intent, the mental element of a crime | mens rea |
| Criminal conduct alone isn’t enough to establish criminal liability if the defendant’s conduct was justified or excused. True or false | True |
| consent was the product of free will, not of force, threat of force, promise, or trickery | Voluntary consent |
| the person consenting understands what she’s consenting to; she’s not too young or insane to understand | Knowing consent |
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