DEFINITIONS
MENS REA
ACTUS REUS
DEFENSES
MIXED BAG
100
offenses that require some level of criminal intent
What is mala in se (inherently evil) crimes
100
criminal intent, then mental element in a crime
What is mens rea
100
The requirement that mental attitudes have to turn into deeds for a "crime" to be committed
What is Manifest criminality
100
Defendants admit they were responsible for their acts but claim that, under the circumstances, what they did was right (justified)
What is Justification defenses
100
1. Criminal Act 2. Criminal Intent 3. Concurrence 4. Attendant circumstances 5. bad result
What is elements of a crime
200
private wrongs for which you can sue the party who wronged you and recover money
What is Torts
200
The only direct evidence of mental attitude
What is Confessions
200
Physical control of banned items on my person
What is Actual possession
200
1. Unprovoked attack 2. Necessity 3. Proportionality 4. Reasonable belief
What are the elements of self-defense
200
Liability without either subjective or objective fault
What is Strict Liability
300
conduct that unjustifiably and inexcusably inflicts or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interest
What is Criminal Liability
300
The MPC's four mental states
What are purposely, knowingly, recklessly, and negligently
300
The failure to act when there's a legal duty
What is criminal omission
300
If you didn't start a fight, you can kill to defend yourself without retreating from any place you have the right to be.
What is stand-your-ground rule
300
If it weren't for an actor's conduct, the result wouldn't have occurred
What is factual cause also called "but for" cause or "cause in fact"
400
proposed criminal code drafted by the American Law Institute and used to reform criminal codes
What is Model Penal Code (MPC)
400
The degree of culpability where codes fail to identify a level of culpability
What is Recklessness
400
Voluntary bodily movements
What is criminal acts
400
when you're attacked in your home and use deadly force to fend of an unprovoked attack, but only if you reasonably believe the attack threatens death or serious bodily injury
What is Castle exception
400
A defense to criminal liability whenever the mistake prevents the formation of any fault-based mental attitude
What is Mistake
500
a retroactive law that does one of three things (1) criminalizes an act that wasn't a crime when committed, (2) increases the punishment for a crime after the crime was committed, or (3) takes away a defense that was available to a defendant when the crime was committed.
What is ex post facto law
500
Fault that requires a "bad mind" in the actor. Also frequently linked with immorality
What is Subjective fault
500
The requirement that all crimes have to include a voluntary criminal act
What is actus reus
500
This defense justifies choosing to commit a lesser crime to avoid the harm of a greater crime
What is choice-of-evils defense
500
A criminal act triggered by criminal intent
What is Criminal conduct
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