Defenses to crimes

Question 1

Insanity (M’gnaten)

Answer 1

1) mental disease
2) cannot appreciate nature and quality of actions
3) cannot understand what you are doing is wrong

Question 2

MPC INSANITY

Answer 2

d lacked substantial capacity to appreciate criminal conduct

Question 3

proof for insanity is

Answer 3

clear and convincing evidence

Question 4

Voluntary intox.

Answer 4

defense to specific intent crimes

Question 5

what are specific intent crimes?

Answer 5

all crimes exceot five

Question 6

what are five general intent crimes

Answer 6

rape, kidnapping, manslughter, battery, arson

Question 7

involuntary intoxication

Answer 7

defense to all crimes

Question 8

mistake

Answer 8

question will say mistake

Question 9

mistake- specific intent

Answer 9

reasonable and unreasonable mistakes are a defense

Question 10

mistake- general intent crimes

Answer 10

reasonable mistake is only a defense

Question 11

legal impossibility

Answer 11

always a defense; elements of crime are legally not met

Question 12

examples of legal impossibility

Answer 12

burning down your own home cannot be common law arson

pointing a gun and pulling trigger, but it has no bullets

Question 13

factual impossibility

Answer 13

never a defense; elements of crime were met

Question 14

entrapment

Answer 14

1) law enforcement creates criminal activity

2) d not predisposed to commit crime

Question 15

durress

Answer 15

reasonable belief of threat of great bodily harm

Question 16

is duress a defense to murder?

Answer 16

no

Question 17

self-defense

Answer 17

1) reasonable belief of imminent danger or bodily harm

2) return same level of force

3) deadly force allowed for deadly force

Question 18

defense of others

Answer 18

1) reasonable belief a third party is in imminent danger
2) return the same level of force

Question 19

defense of property

Answer 19

1) reasonable force to defend property
2) never deadly force unless fear of being killed