Criminal Law
The Mere Presence Rule
According to what rule is even present at the scene of a crime followed by flight, not enough action to satisfy the actus reus requirement of accomplice liability?
Mens Rea
Purposely acting and wanting a crime to succeed clearly qualifies as an accomplice _________
A separate, less serious charge
Participants who are involved after the commission of a crime are guilty of
The criminal goal to commit a crime
What is a criminal objective?
But have not finished committing
Inchoate offenses punish people for crimes they've started to commit
Conspiracy
An argument to commit a crime is a
The Industrial Revolution
What dramatically changed the nature of corporations from government entities controlled by government to private businesses operated by internal management?
Accessories
Participants, after crimes are committed, are known as
Voluntary
To be a defense to attempt, the abandonment of the attempt must be
The mens rea of attempt
All inchoate offense share two elements: the actus reus of taking some steps toward accomplishing the criminal purpose-but not enough steps to complete the intended crime, and
Statue
Liability based on ownership or operation of a business may be specifically imposed by
The Pinkerton Rule
What is the name of the rule that the conspiracy to commit the crime and the crime committed as a result of the conspiracy are different offenses?
Complicity
What type of liability establishes when you can be criminally liable for someone else's conduct?
Has a valid defense of legal impossibility
The defendant sees a car he wants to steal and breaks the window glass. The police interrupt. It turns out the car belongs to the defendant. The defendant
A chain conspiracy
A conspiracy where participants at one end may know nothing of those at the other end, but every participate handles the same commodity at different points, such as manufacture, distribution, and sale is known as
Business
Most vicarious liability involves which of the following relationships?
Vicarious
What type of liability establishes when a party can be criminally liable because of a relationship?
The Probable Desistance Test
Which test on whether defendants have gone far enough toward completing the crime that it's unlikely they'll turn back?
end all use of proximity and unequivocally tests with a clearer and easier-to-understand-and-apply test
The penal code's substantial steps test (also called the "MPC test") was designed to accomplish three important goals. Which of the following is not one of those goals?
A wheel conspiracy
A conspiracy where one or more defendants participate in every transaction is known as
Omissions
Parent responsibility statues are based on parents' acts and ____________
Vicarious Liability
Which liability has to be created by the statue?
Dangerous Proximity to success Test
Which test asks whether defendants have come " dangerously close" to completing the crime?
A defense to attempt liability
Legal impossibility is
How close the defendant gets to committing the crime
Physical proximity tests of the actus reus of attempt focus on