Actus Reus & Mens Rea
Defenses
Property Crimes
Homicide
Vocabulary
100
The act of the crime
Actus Reus
100
Acting to defend one's self or another party from harm 
Self Defense
100

To take and carry away the personal property of another with the intent to permanently deprive

Larceny
100
The deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another
Homicide
100
When questions arise and a statute is too poorly written, the court deems it 
Void for Vaugeness
200
The intent behind a crime
Mens Rea
200
Circumstance that requires an individual to break the law in order to prevent greater harm to one person or others
Necessity
200
Stealing from a company that you work for
Embezzlement
200
Having ill will
Malice
200
When the intention to harm one individual inadvertently causes a second person to be hurt instead, the perpetrator is still held responsible
Transfer of Intent
300
The act and the intent working together during a crime
Concurrence
300
Being incapable of telling right from wrong and/or cannot understand the consequences of his/her conduct
Mentally Insane "Insanity"
300
Larceny by force of intimidation
Robbery
300
Severing or damaging a member (essentially a limb) of the victim's body or by attacking features of the victim's face
Mayhem
300
Refers to laws adopted after an act is committed making it illegal although it was legal when done
Ex Post Facto
400
Can someone be arrested for having intent to cause a crime, but not acting on the intent
No
400
Having no duty to retreat in public
Stand Your Ground
400

Larceny by trick or false pretenses

Fraud
400
Killing another while committing a felony 
Felony Murder Doctrine
400
The unwitting creation of substantial and unjustifiable risk when reason should recognize that risk
Negligence
500
The act causes harm
Causation
500

Pressure to commit a crime is supplied by another individual rather than natural forces

Duress
500
Obtaining something through force or threats
Extortion
500
Having conscious disregard for sanctity of human life
Implied Malice
500
Unlawfully touching another person
Battery
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