Rights & Statutes
This constitutional provision contains the self-incrimination clause.
What is the 5th amendment?
A(n) ______ is a crime punishable by less than one year incarceration.
What is a misdemeanor?
A number of states have consolidated larceny, embezzlement, and false pretenses into a single statute punishing ______.
What is theft?
A ________ may involve manufacturing false identification.
What is a forgery?
Entry for a burglary must be ______, or without consent.
What is trespassory?
In the state of Nevada, this is the term for stealing something from someone's person, but the facts of the crime did not rise to the level of robbery (there was not threat or intimidation).
What is larceny of a person?
A crime that is punishable by death or imprisonment for more than 1 year is referred to as a(n) ______.
What is a felony?
Modern statutes have expanded larceny to cover all varieties of _______. Give an example.
What is property? Examples include tangible items such as a cell phone, money, land, etc.
For ______, intent to steal and the use of force or intimidation must co-occur.
What is robbery?
Today, state statutes require that a burglary is committed at night.
What is false?
Criminal mischief requires damage to this.
What is tangible property?
This is the grade for the crime of using false identification for the purpose of engaging in an age restricted activity (eg. purchasing alcohol, gambling, etc.)
What is a misdemeanor?
______ is the temporary and limited right to control property.
What is custody?
This crime involves the actus reus of circulating or using a forged document.
What is uttering?
Most statutes still limit burglary to dwelling houses.
What is false?
Give a limitation to freedom of speech
What is incitement to violence, obscenity, defamation, etc.?
Alfredo climbs over his neighbor’s fence to play in his neighbor’s pool. He has committed ______ type of trespassing.
What is second-degree?
Buying a car from a friend by promising to pay them the next week with no intent to do so is an example of this type of crime.
What is false pretenses?
This type of trespass is the unauthorized entry or remaining on the land or premises of another.
What is criminal trespass?
Give a scenario that describes burglary.
The correct response will include the elements of unlawful entry and at least an attempted felony, most commonly the illegal removing of tangible goods.
The ______ Amendment gave all people the right to be equally protected under the law.
What is the 14th amendment?
This is used to determine the severity of the punishment for criminal mischief, under the Model Penal Code.
What is the cost of the damage?
This fact differentiates embezzlement from larceny.
What is someone who embezzles is in lawful possession of the property?
(is the custodian of the property)
______ is defined as the destruction of, or the damage to, the personal property of another.
What is malicious mischief?
Jason entered a home through an unlocked front door with the intention of taking valuables. He is charged with burglary.
Modern statutes no longer require ______ as an element to charge someone with burglary.
What is breaking?
Modern statutes only look for unlawful entry.