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2 components that must be present in almost every crime

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state of mind
motive

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mens rea

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state of mind

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what is mens rea?

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the latin term lawyers use when they discuss the requirements for a guilty state of mind

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state of mind

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refers to the level of awareness a person has when omitting an act

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motive

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the person’s reason for performing an act

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strict liability offenses

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the legal responsibility for damage or injury, even if you are not negligent (selling alcohol to minors, statutory rape)

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felony

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a serious criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence of more than one year

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misdemeanor

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a criminal offense punishable by a jail sentence less than one year

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principal

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the person who commits a crime

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accomplice

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a person who voluntarily helps another person commit a crime

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accessory before the fact

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a person who orders a crime or helps the principal commit the crime but who is not present during the crime

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accessory after the fact

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a person who knows a crime was committed helps the principal avoid capture or help them escape

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crime of omission

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failing to perform an act required by criminal law

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inchoate crimes

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crimes that are committed before or in prep for committing another crime

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solicitation

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act of requesting or strongly urging someone to do something

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attempt

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an effort to commit a crime that goes beyond mere prep but does not result in the commission of the crime

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conspiracy

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an agreement between two or more parties to commit a crime along with a substantial act toward committing the crime

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actus reus

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criminal (illegal) life

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elements of the crime

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every offense committed when committing a crime

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crime

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an action of omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law

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strict liability

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the legal responsibility for damage or injury, even if you are not negligent

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kidnapping

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taking a person against their will

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assault

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an intentional threat, show of force, or movement that causes a reasonable fear of, or an actual physical contact with another person

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battery

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any intentional, unlawful physical contact inflicted on one person by another person by another person without consent

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stalking
the act of following or harassing another person, causing the fear of death or injury
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sexual assault
unwelcome sexual contact against another individual committed through the use of force, threat, or intimidation; or enabled because the victim is incapacitated due to drugs, alchohol, or mental disability
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statutory rape
the act of unlawful sexual intercourse by an adult with someone under the age of consent, even if the minor is willing and voluntary participant in the act
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rape
unlawful sexual intercourse
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attempted rape
the attempt to have unlawful sexual intercourse
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Meghan's Law/Adam Walsh Law
protects children from violent sex offenders
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homicide
the killing of another person
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1st-degree murder (aggravated)
planned in advance and sone with malice or during the commission of a dangerous felony
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felony murder (murder)
killing someone while committing a felony, regardless of the intent to kill
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2nd-degree (murder)
doesn't require malice or premeditation, but is the result of a desire to inflict bodily harm
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voluntary manslaughter
killing that would otherwise be seen as murder but that occurs after the victim does something to the killer that would cause a reasonable person to lose self-control and act rashly
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involuntary manslaughter
killing in which there is no intent to kill at all
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negligent homicide
causing death through criminal negligence
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arson
the deliberate and malicious burning or another person's property
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vandalism
the deliberate destruction or defacement of another person's property with the intent to steal it
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larceny
the unlawful taking of another person's property with the intent to steal it
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grand larceny
theft of personal property having a value above a legally specified amount
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petty larceny
theft of personal property having a value below a legally specified amount
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embezzlement
unlawfully taking property by someone who it has been entrusted
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robbery
unlawfully taking property from a person's immediate possession by force or intimidation
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burglary
breaking and entering a building with the intent to commit a crime
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extortion
taking property illegally through threats of harm
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forgery
the act of making a fake document or altering a real one
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cybercrime
describes a wide range of actions that involves computers and computer networks in criminal activities
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no crime committed
no criminal act/intent
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alibi
evidence that shows the defendant was somewhere else when the crime was commited
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DNA
biological evidence, derived from testing samples of human tissues and fluids, that genetically links a defender to the crime
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self-defense
when a person unlawfully attacks a person who may inflict harm on them
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defense of property
when a person uses force against an attacker to defend their property
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defense of others
when a person harms an attacker for another person
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infancy
the legal defense of a person not yet legally responsible for their actions
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intoxication
a state of drunkenness or similar conditions made by the use of drugs or alcohol
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insanity
a mental disease that affected the defendant at the time of the crime
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necessity
defense for a lawful charge of the defendant's actions
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entrapment
law enforcement officials persuaded a person to commit a crime that the person would otherwise have committed
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duress
unlawful pressure on a person to do something that he or she would not otherwise do

Law I (6 decks)

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