Matt and Monica have a tumultuous relationship. Matt discovers that Monica has been having an affair with Joaquin. Matt follows Monica to Joaquin’s residence and after waiting outside for a period of time, breaks in and catches them engaged in a sexual act. Matt pulls out his gun and shoots, missing Joaquin but shooting through the bedroom wall into the apartment next door. The bullet strikes and kills Mr. Whipple, an innocent neighbor
What is premeditated murder?
100
The legal term for sexual intercourse
What is carnal knowledge?
100
This body of law is based on the assumption that acts injure not just individuals, but society as a whole
What is criminal law?
100
The crime that fits this fact pattern:
Matt and Monica have a tumultuous relationship. Matt discovers that Monica has been having an affair with Joaquin. Matt follows Monica to Joaquin’s residence and after waiting outside for a period of time, breaks in and catches them engaged in a sexual act. Matt pulls out his gun and shoots, missing Joaquin but shooting through the bedroom wall into the apartment next door. The bullet strikes Mr. Innocent Neighbor, who died of natural causes two hours earlier.
What is attempted murder?
100
The use of force or threat to enforce the repayment of borrowed money at a high interest rate
What is loan sharking?
200
An affirmative defense that indicates the accused was somewhere else at the time of the offense
What is an alibi?
200
Deliberate and unlawful purpose or intention
What is willful and malicious intent?
200
A traditional body of early, unwritten legal precedents created from everyday social customs, rules, and practices
What is common law?
200
A premeditated design with the intent of doing a wrongful act in such a way and under such circumstances that the death of a human being may result
What is malice aforethought?
200
The reason Matt wil be charged with killing Mr. Whipple
What is Matt intended to kill Joaquin and the intent transfers to Mr. Whipple?
300
The statute of limitations for the prosecution of offenses begins to run when this happens
What is the time at which the crime is committed?
300
A group of offenses involving the disposal of toxic or hazardous waste, or disregard of any law designed to protect the land, water, and air
What is environmental crime?
300
Of
1. A crime whose punishment is decreased from a felony to a misdemeanor,
2. An act that when committed was not criminal but subsequently made a crime by legislative action,
3. Increasing the punishment for a specific crime after it has been committed, or
4. Decreasing the government’s burden of proof for conviction of a crime
The one that is not an expost facto law
What is a crime whose punishment is decreased from a felony to a misdemeanor?
300
Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another person, in the nighttime, with the intent to commit a felony therein
What is a burglary?
300
Unless the violence involves one of these five groups, domestic violence charges will not be filed
What are married couples, cohabitating couples, parents, children, or stepchildren?
400
The element that distinguishes larceny from robbery
What is force or threat of force?
400
An act committed by a juvenile that would be classified as a crime if committed by an adult
What is a delinquency?
400
Another term for bias-related crimes
What are hate crimes?
400
Unlawfully taking a person against his or her will
What is kidnapping?
400
A group of offenses that includes tampering with a witness, concealing or destroying evidence, resisting a law enforcement officer
What is obstruction of justice?
500
Unlawful restrain of an individual
What is false imprisonment?
500
A civil lawsuit usually seeks this
What is monetary compensation?
500
Of rape, sodomy, adultery, or statutory rape, the one that does not require a culpable mental state
What is statutory rape?
500
The formal name for the Controlled Substance Act
What is The Volstead Act?
500
Crime that applies to the following scenario:
Two young men armed with guns approach a couple returning to their car after an evening on the town. The men take the car.