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Punishments

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Fines, jail, community service

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Criminal law

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Government forces statue law against individual

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Criminal law: state of proof for criminal cases

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Beyond a reasonable doubt

3
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Are criminal cases carried out swiftly?

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Yes

4
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Actus Rea

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Perform a guilty act

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Mens Rea

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Guilty mind/intent

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When is someone found guilty for fraud

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Intent to defraud and acts on it

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Most common defense for fraud?

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Negligence: it wasn’t intentional

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3 main classifications of crime, how long a prison sentence is served in the less severe categories?

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1 felonies

2 misdemeanors (under 5 years)

3 summary offenses (under 90 days)

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4 types of felonies and their sentences?

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1 capital (death/life without parole)
2 first degree felonies (life)
3 2nd degree felonies (10 years)
4 3rd degree felonies (5 years)

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Consent

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Giving up 4th Ammendment

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Terry patdown

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If someone’s armed don’t need probable cause

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2 things someone can be arrested for

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1 felony

2 crime committed in presence of police

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Does having a highway check point established by the city of Indianapolis for the discovery of illegal narcotics violate the 4th Ammendment of unreasonable search and seizure?

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Ruled at time it wasn’t sufficient to have these searches

However special needs have been expanded since ruling

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Special needs search, examples

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Other stops are ok because designed to serve special
Needs beyond normal need for law enforcement

Ex. Immigration controls or DUI

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Burgers junkyard has stolen auto parts. What do the police need to search it?

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Warrant with probable cause

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3 exceptions to 4th amendment

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1 reasonable suspicion

2 special needs beyond scope of law enforcement (regulating)
Specific activities

3 officer’s affidavit in court to get search warrant

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Reasonable suspicion examples

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Hot pursuit, have weapon, belief evidence is being destroyed

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3 guidelines under the 5th Ammendment

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1 self-incrimination
2 due process
3 double jeopardy

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Self incrimination

2) what can it be seen as?

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Have right to not testify against yourself

2) can be seen as admission of guilt

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Due process

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Conduct investigation

Inform them what they’re being investigated for

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Double jeopardy

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Can’t go after the same person for same crime twice

If they’ve already been prosecuted

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What does the 5th Ammendment not protect?

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Doesn’t protect against handing over documents

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If an attorney files “motion to suppress”

2) what can it be used in

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Anything from unreasonable search and seizure can’t be
used in criminal cases

2) can be used in civil cases

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Procedural protections: exclusionary rule

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Evidence obtained in violation of 4th, 5th and 6th

Ammendments can’t be used against defendant

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Miranda Rule, requirements (am. 5, am. 6)

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Required to be said by police to use evidence on date
Of arrest

AM V: right to remain silent (can be used against defendant)
AM VI: right to counsel

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Why do white collar crimes occur?

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1 not personal

2 lack of regulation

3 human nature to be deceptive

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Securities fraud

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Insider trading

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Counterfeiting

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Currency of account access fraud

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Bankruptcy fraud

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Debtor hides assets

Creditor files false claim

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6 constitutional protections under the 6th Ammendment

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1 speedy trial
2 trial by jury
3 public trial
4 confront witnesses
5 right to counsel
6 right to compulsory process
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6 common white collar crimes

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1 conspiracy
2 obstruction of justice
3 false statement to bank
4 false statement to federal agency 
5 embezzlement
6 bribery
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Conspiracy

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Agreement to commit crime

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Example of obstruction of justice

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Lying

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Embezzlement

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Take property entrusted to you

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Bribery

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Offering value for influence

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What happens to active participants who decide to withdraw from a conspiracy plan

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They are still found guilty for association with any actors

Involved in the conspiracy

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5 common property crimes affecting business?

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1 robbery
2 burglary
3 larceny
4 obtaining goods under false pretenses
5 theft of trade secrets
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Robbery

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Use of force/threat of force

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Burglary

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Enter a structure to commit a crime

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Larceny

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Carrying away property of another

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Example of obtaining goods under false pretenses

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Use bad check/credit card

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Money laundering

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Deposit money from criminal activity (dirty) into bank

account of legitimate business

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Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)

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One who commits 2 or more specified crimes within 10
Year period is guilty of racketeering,

a separate crime in Addition to committed crimes

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Why was RICO created

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To prosecute members of mafia

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RICO: treble damages

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Cover 3 times your damages under civil action

46
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Self defense

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Reasonable force: all situations

Deadly force: only in defense in belief of death or serious
Bodily harm

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Mistake

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No intention of mens Rea in crime

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Entrapment

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Law enforcement gets someone to commit something

Unlawful unless already in business of committing crime

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If arrested, the first thing you want to do is?

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Call a lawyer

50
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When a boss tells employees in a email to clean up their files, what crimes have been committed? Defense?

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1 tampering with evidence: could be conspiracy claim

2 obstruction of justice

Defense: doing what boss said

51
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Failing to disclose a criminal conviction on a department of defense personnel security questionnaire

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Equivalent of defrauding government

52
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When the contract says $10K , but the actual costs were $8k and joe and Harry split the $2,000. What crimes are committed?

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Conspiracy and larceny

53
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If a CEO is charge with negligent homicide for bad safety standards, what is his defense?

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Isn’t in charge of making those decisions

If knowledge if safety standards aren’t realized, that shows
Willfulness

54
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When is a crime not conspiracy?

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When only involves 1 person

You need more than one person to agree on something