Chapter 6 Flashcards
Excuse defense
I am not responsible because i could not form the necessary intent
Duress
forced to commit the crime by someone else
What statute is duress?
18-1-708
Entrapment?
when police officers created the opportunity for the crime to be committed and they would have otherwise not committed the act
What statute is entrapment?
18-1-709
Criminal responsibility defenses?
did not have the mental capacity to commit the act
What are the types of criminal responsibility defenses? (5)
age, insanity, mental condition, intoxication, incompetency
What is the age defense?
children under 10 cannot be guilty of a crime
What statute is the age defense?
18-1-801
What statute is the insanity defense?
18-1-802
What is the M’Naghten test?
a legal test for insanity
Impaired mental condition
could not form intent to commit a crime because of a mental disease or defect
What statute is impaired mental condition?
16-8-105
What are insanity proceedings?
When a person raises the insanity defense and proceeds to be tested
What statute is insanity proceedings?
16-8-105.5 and 115
