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Actus reus?

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voluntary act or omission that causes social harm

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omissions create duty when…

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statute imposes; status relationship; assumed contractual duty to another; voluntarily assumed the care of another and so secluded the helpless person; create risk of harm to another (can be any one of them)

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Mens rea?

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wrongful state of mind

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almost always prove mens rea by what

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circumstantial evidence

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Criminal Battery

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intentionally or knowingly without legal justification and by any means… causes bodily harm to an individual, or makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with an individual

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aggravated battery

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intentionally or knowingly causing great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement

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No mens rea? (still need actus and causation)

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strict liability

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mistake of fact is a defense….

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to a specific intent crime regardless of whether the mistake was unreasonable

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Larceny

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trespassory taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with the intent to steal and permanently deprive the rightful owner of their property

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actual cause

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but for test

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proximate cause

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determines who or what events among those that satisfy the but for standard should be held accountable for the resulting harm – be wary of possible intervening causes

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intervening causes

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if not reasonably foreseeable then superseding and break chain of liability

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Homicide

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unintentional and intentional (3) each

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Mens rea IM1

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premeditation and deliberation

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mens rea IM2

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intent (spontaneous)

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mens rea Int manslaughter

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heat of passion in response to adequate provocation (see rules of provocation)

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“mens rea” UM1

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felony murder 1

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mens rea UM2

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abandoned and malignant heart; conscious disregard; recklessness; depraved indifference

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mens rea Unint manslaughter

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negligence (lowest)

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how many circumstances for determining premeditation and deliberation?

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7

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how many rules of provocation

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4

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what happens if rules of provocation satisfied?

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murder mitigated to manslaughter

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words alone adequate provocation?

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NO — unless provoking party has the intent or ability to cause injury

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Rules of provocation

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There must have been adequate provocation … [must be calculated to inflame the passion of a reasonable man and cause him to act from passion rather than reason in the moment];
The killing must have been done in the heat of the passion;
Heat of passion must be sudden – the killing must have followed the provocation before there had been a reasonable opportunity for the passion to cool;
There must have been a causal connection between the provocation, the passion, and the fatal act

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UM2 mens rea sub elements (1/2)
objective -- very high degree of danger that society recognizes
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UM2 mens rea sub elements (2/2)
subjective -- consciously disregarding the danger that they are posing and engage in the conduct anyway while being aware of the danger
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FM1 enumerated felonies
burglary and robbery
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Burglary
entering a house; locked vehicle, with the intent to steal or commit a crime
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Robbery
trespassory taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with the intent to steal and permanently deprive the rightful owner of their property with the use or threat of force
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Unenumerated felony analysis for FM2 (one kind of UM2)
felony inherently dangerous? if inherently dangerous, have its own felonious purpose? -- if both yes, most likely FM2
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if inherently dangerous but not independent
merger doctrine -- precludes FM2 charge -- charged with underlying felony
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not inherently dangerous but cause death?
no FM2 but maybe unintentional manslaughter
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can you still be convicted of UM2 even if FM2 does not apply?
YES
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Self Defense Doctrine "doctrine of necessity"
-- unlawful, immediate, actual or apparent threat of deadly force; AND -- defendant is objectively reasonable in believing that he was in imminent peril of death or serious bodily harm and the response was necessary to save himself
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defense of personal property
no deadly force unless you use moderate force and the victim uses or threatens deadly force as a response -- in a trial it would be called self defense
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initial aggressor?
no self defense unless withdraw and make it known to adversary
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defense of others
parallels the third party's right to self defense -- see alter ego rule for other option
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defense of habitation
justifies killing an intruder who is assaulting the defendant's home with intent of reaching its occupants and committing a felony against them -- homeowner has to reasonably believe that a felony will be committed
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law enforcement defenses
has authority to use deadly force to apprehend a fleeing felon if -- reasonably believe that felon poses a significant threat of death or serious bodily harm to the officers or others and when feasible, the officers have to warn the felon of this right
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defense of necessity
similar to public necessity in torts
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duress defense
immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury; a well grounded fear that the threat will be carried out; and no reasonable opportunity to escape the threatened harm
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voluntary intoxication
mens rea argument; pathological, innocent mistake, coerced, unexpected
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M'Naghten rule
did not know the nature and quality of what they were doing, or if he did know, he did not know what he was doing was wrong
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MPC insanity
1) lacked substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of his conduct; or 2) lacked substantial capacity to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law
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criminal attempts mens rea
specific intent (goal or purpose of completing the crime)
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attempts actus reus CL
dangerous proximity to success
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MPC actus reus
3 main elements + substantial step and 2 sub elements under substantial step (poison in coffee case) 'can serve no legal purpose to the actor under the circumstances'
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abandon attempts under CL?
not when cross line of demarcation
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abandon attempts under MPC?
if only cross line of demarcation, yes but has to be voluntary
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cross line of completion?
no abandonment under CL or MPC
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Assault common law
reasonable fear; attempted battery
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Assault -- MPC 211.1
-- attempts to cause or purposely, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury to another; or -- negligently causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon; or -- attempts by physical menace to put another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury
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solicitation
attempt to form a conspiracy -- actus reus: ask, entice -- mens rea: intent to get the other to agree to commit the crime
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when is soliciation complete
upon asking
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conspiracy
agreement to commit the crime with the intent to commit the crime
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when is conspiracy complete
upon agreement
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pinkerton liability
"continuous conspiracy" -- the only substantive crime that the passive co-conspirator can be charged with is a crime within the scope of the conspiracy larceny -- robbery (yes) robbery -- larceny (yes) larceny -- murder (NO)
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circumstantial evidence factors relevant to proving conspiracy
Association with alleged conspirators; Knowledge of the commission of the crime; Presence at the scene of the crime; and Participation in the object of the conspiracy
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withdrawal from conspiracy
have to withdraw before an overt act is committed
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attempted robbery and cause death?
FM1
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med mal?
foreseeable
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accomplice liability
assist, aid, abet in the crime, while sharing the criminal intent of the primary criminal (1d principal)
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Linscott Acc. L
liability for primary and secondary crimes
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liability for primary crime is established...
by proof that the actor intended to promote or facilitate that crime
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liability for the secondary crime that may have been committed by the principal is established by showing that...
(1) the actor intended to promote the primary crime; and (2) the commission of the secondary crime was a foreseeable consequence of the defendant's participation in the primary crime
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foreseeable consequence?
an accessory is liable for any criminal act, which in the ordinary course of things was the natural or probable consequence of the crime that he advised or commanded, although such consequence may have not been intended by him
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THEFT -- Expanded def of larceny (lee v. state)
missapropriation by a person who with the consent of the owner already had physical control over the property (defendant had consent to borrow something, but kept it)
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Theft by larceny **CL**
take possession of personal property owned by another by means of trespass with intent to steal, permanently depriving the rightful owner of the property and carries away the property
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when D intends to sell the property back to its owner
satisfies the mens rea of larceny even though at the time of the taking the actus reus was not concomitant with the requisite mens rea
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when the D intends to claim a reward for finding it
satisfies the mens rea of larceny even though at the time of the taking the actus reus was not concomitant with the requisite mens rea
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when the D intends to return the property to its owner for a refund
satisfies the mens rea of larceny even though at the time of the taking the actus reus was not concomitant with the requisite mens rea
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Grand theft by false pretenses
D made false pretense or representation; representation was made with the intent to defraud the owner of its property; and the owner was defrauded and parted with his property in reliance upon the representation
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what is a false pretense?
any word, act, symbol, token calculated and intended to deceive -- may be either express or implied
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influence?
the false rep must have materially influenced the owner to part with his property but it need not be the sole inducing cause
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causation/reliance lacking when
complainant knew rep was false or not believe it to be true; not rely on it but investigated for self and relied on other advice; parted with property for other reasons or in reliance on other representations shown to not be false

Crim Law I (1L) (1 decks)

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