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Final Exam

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Criminal Law   Harm or wrong done to society as a whole.  
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Civil Law   One person causes harm to another person or property.  
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Model Penal Code   Was drafted by a group of individuals that were experts in criminal law, while working for the American Law Institute. Was recommended to the states for adoption.  
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Name the 2 essential elements of a crime.   Mens reas - Evil Intent & Actus reus - Wrongful Act.  
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General Intent   The desire to act. Defendant did not intend the result of the act.  
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Specific Intent   An intent to commit the exact crime charged and a desire to cause the result of the act.  
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Malum In Se   A crime that is inherently evil.  
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Malum Prohibitum   A crime that is not inherently evil, but a legislature has made it a crime.  
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Out of Malum In Se & Malum Prohibitum, which one had the stiffer prison sentence?   Malum In Se.  
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What are the 4 approaches to Mens Rea under the Model Penal Code?   Purposely, Knowingly, Recklessness & Negligence.  
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Recklessness   Indifference to consequences; conduct amounting to more than ordinary negligence.  
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Negligence   Failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same or similar circumstances.  
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Inferences   One way to show intent. A judge or jury is permitted to make a conclusion after considering the facts of a case.  
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Presumptions   A conclusion that must be made by a judge or jury.  
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What are the 2 forms of criminal law causation?   Cause in fact & Legal Cause.  
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Cause in Fact   The result would not have occurred unless the act occurred. (Sine Qua Non Test)  
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Legal Cause aka Proximity Cause   Deals with the concept of foreseeability. Cause the law deems sufficient.  
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One Year & a Day Rule   At common law, a person could not be charged with murder if the victim did not die within one year and a day after the act took place. A causation rule.  
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Merger Doctrine (An individual is charged with 2 crimes. If one is a lesser offense of the other the defendant)   is found guilty of the more serious crime, then the lesser crime is absorbed by the greater & the defendant is not punished for both. If defendant is acquitted of the greater charge, the defendant could still be convicted of the lesser charge.  
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What are the 2 categories of common law homicide?   Murder & Manslaughter.  
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Murder   The killing of another human being with malice aforethought.  
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Manslaughter   The killing of another human being without malice aforethought.  
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Provocation   An act by one person that triggers an act of rage in a second person.  
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Corpus Delicti   Body of the crime.  
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Assault   A person puts antoher in fear or apprehension of an imminent battery. An attempted battery.  
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Battery   An intentional touching of another that is either hamful or offensive.  
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Mayhem   Crime of intentionally dismembering or disfiguring a person.  
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Asportation   Movement.  
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Kidnapping   Taking away and holding a person illegally against the person's will by force.  
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False Imprisonment   The unlawful restraint by one person of the physical liberty of another.  
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Arson   The malicious and unlawful burning of a building.  
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Burglary   Breaking and entering and illegally taking and carrying away personal property.  
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Robbery   The use of force or the threat of force and illegally taking and carrying away personal property.  
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List 3 types of individuals involved in a crime.   Principal in the 1st degree, Principal in the 2nd degree & Accessory before the fact.  
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Principal in the 1st Degree   Participant who actually committed the crime.  
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Principal in the 2nd Degree   A party who aids, assists, or encourages the principal in the 1st degree during the commission of the crime.  
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Accessory Before the Fact   Aids, counsels, assists in the preparation of the crime but is not physically present during the commission of the crime.  
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Inchoate Crimes   Some uncompleted crimes may be punished.  
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List 3 types of inchoate crimes.   Attempt, Conspiracy & Solicitation.  
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Wharton's Rule   It is not a conspiracy for 2 persons to agree to commit a crime if the definition of the crime itself requires the participation of 2 or more persons.  
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List 2 criminal law affirmative defenses.   Duress & Battered Woman Syndrome.  
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Duress   Force or threat of force upon another to commit a crime.  
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Castle Doctrine   Some states do not require treatment from your home.  
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List the 4 Insanity Tests.   M'Naghten Test (aka Right-Wrong Test), Irresistible Impulse Test, Durham Rule & Model Penal Code Test aka Substantial Capacity Test.  
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Irresistible Impulse Test   The loss of control due to insanity that is so great that a person cannot stop from committing a crime.  
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Durham Rule   A defendant is not guilty because he was suffering from a disease or defective mental condition at the time of the act and there was a causal connetion between the condition and the act.  
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What defense is the Castle Doctrine connected to?   Self-defense.  
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Battered Woman Syndrome   Continuing abuse of a woman by a spouse or lover and the resulting physical and psychological harm.  
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List 2 Prohibitions from Double Jeopardy.   Prevents a second prosecution for the same offense and prevents a second punishment for the same offense.  
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Bill of Attainder   Pronouncing a person guilty without a trial and sentencing the person to death and attainder (all property is taken form the individual). Prohibited by the United States Constitution.  
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Criime Control Model   The repression, detection & efficient prosecution of crime. Individuals often lose individual liberties and live in fear. Prosecution is bureaucratic. Form of assembly line justice.  
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Due Process Model   Focuses on the integrity of individual rights, not the rights of the community to be free from crime. Legal guilt is the issue rather than factual guilt.  
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List 5 participants in criminal adjudications.   Law Enforcement Officers, Prosecutors, Judges, Defense Attorneys & Victims  
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Law Enforcement Officers   Police.  
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Prosecutors   Government attorneys responsible for prosecuting violators.  
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Judges   Part of judiciary; resolve disputes & administer justice.  
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Defense Attorneys   Represent the defendant in criminal cases.  
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Victims   Victim of crime is government; victim in fact-a person who had the crime committed against him or her.  
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Victim Impact Statement   A statement made to the court, at the time of sentencing, concerning the effect the crime had on the victim or the victim's family.  
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Sovereign Immunity   Cannot sue the government.  
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Exclusionary Rule   The rule that illegally gathered evidence that may not be used in a motion to suppress.  
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What are 2 exceptions to the exclusionary rule?   Pretrial matters and Government may illegally seize evidence to rebut statements may by the defendant.  
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Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine   Evidence gathered as a result of evidence gained in an illegal search or questioning cannot be used against the person searched or questioned even if the later evidence was gathered lawfully.  
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Knock & Announce Rule   Police must knock and announce their purpose before entering the premises.  
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