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What is transferred intent?

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When someone tried to shoot someone but shot someone else not involved in the scene.

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Concurrence

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Act + Intent to commit a crime
(Crim. negligence + possession can replace intent)

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Causation

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Relationship between conduct/action and result
Can lead to criminal liability

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Corpus Delicti

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“total body of the crime”
existence of a crime committed before prosecuting someone

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Proximate Cause

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Act/omission linked to injury + damage contributions

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Intent

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Mental resolve to do an act

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What are the 3 types of intent?

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General, Specific, and Transferred/Constructive

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Actus Reus

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“the act” (Act, ommision, possession)

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Mens rea

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guilty mind + purpose that is wrong

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Motive

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Desire that causes someone to do an act

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Omission

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Failure to do an act required by law

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Omission

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Failure to do an act required by law

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Perpetrator

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Person responsible

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Prima facie

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Valid on its face; “first face”

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Principal

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Anyone involved in initial commission of a crime

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Accomplice

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Someone who aids Principal in commiting a crime

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Accessory

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Aiding + concealing a felon after the crime

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Attributed Liability

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connecting criminal liability to someone in a murder case

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What are the 3 ways to attribute liability in a homicide?

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Felony Murder Rule, Vicarious Liability Doctrine, + Provocative Act Liability

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The Felony Murder Rule

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If homicide happens during a commission/attempt to do serious felonies -> everyone has 1st-degree murder; it doesn’t matter if intentional or not

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Vicarious Liability

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Holding everyone liability in a collective activity
If one someone pulls the trigger in a planned murder-> all of them are guilty of murder

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Provocative Act Liability

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Someone commits an act -> provokes someone else into killing someone else

If someone who did the provocative act gets killed -> rest of guilt is not guilty of murder

If bystander/accomplice killed -> whole group is guilty of murder

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Criminal Negligence

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wanton or conscious disregard for the safety of others
willful indifference

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Malice

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Wrongful act done intentionally w/o excuse + justification

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Express Malice (PC 188)

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Deliberate intention to kill another person

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Implied Malice (PC 188)

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Killing shows an abandoned heart
Disregard for other’s safety

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