Defenses to Crimes

Question 1

Alibi

Answer 1

a statement that the accused was someplace else when the crime was committed

Question 2

Insanity

Answer 2

People can’t be held accountable if they don’t know what they’re doing

Question 3

Irresistible impulse test

Answer 3

to prove a mental disease that causes a person to be unable to tell the difference between right and wrong or unable to “resist” themselves from committing a crime

Question 4

American Law Institute Test

Answer 4

person lacks the capacity to understand the requirements of the law

Question 5

Entrapment

Answer 5

a person claims that they were tricked into committing a crime by the police to commit a crime they would not normally have committed

Question 6

Self defense

Answer 6

Protecting yourself when you believe you’re in danger

Question 7

Defense of family members

Answer 7

If the person believes a family member is in immediate danger of being hurt/killed

Question 8

Infancy

Answer 8

Young children lack the moral sense to understand right from wrong

Question 9

Intoxication

Answer 9

Generally not accepted as a defense, unless the person was involuntarily intoxicated – and was lacking the ability to understand their actions

Question 10

Mistake

Answer 10

(not a defense)
All citizens are presumed to know the most basic criminal laws

Question 11

Consent

Answer 11

(not a defense)
Ex: you illegally sell drugs to a person willing to buy drugs

Question 12

Duress

Answer 12

Being under a lot of pressure

Question 13

Statute of Limitations

Answer 13

Places a limit on the time period that the state can prosecute a crime