Crimes
The taking of another's property with the intent to keep it.
What is theft?
This defense requires the defendant to prove they were suffering from a mental disease at the time of the crime AND they could not appreciate the criminality of the act.
What is insanity?
Police are required to read these before arresting someone or subjecting them to custodial interrogation.
What are Miranda rights?
This person helps a defendant evade arrest and/or prosecution after a crime.
What is an accessory?
What is a felony?
What is robbery?
This defense asserts that the defendant engaged in the unlawful conduct because of the use of, or threat of, force.
What is duress?
Any evidence collected by law enforcement in a way that violates the defendant’s Constitutional rights is not allowed to be used in court against the defendant.
What is the Exclusionary Rule?
Asking, enticing, inducing, or counseling another to commit a crime (it merges into the completed crime).
What is solicitation?
This type of killing is considered less serious than murder, whether voluntary or involuntary.
What is manslaughter?
Unlawful physical contact with the intent to cause bodily harm.
What is battery?
This type of defense admits the defendant's conduct was wrong but allows for a lesser punishment.
What is an imperfect defense or excuse?
If a warrantless search or seizure was not permitted by an exception, then a court applies this test.
What is the Katz test?
This person knowingly and voluntarily helps a defendant in the commission of a crime.
What is an accomplice?
This is a less serious crime for which an offender is punished by one year or less in prison.
What is a misdemeanor?
The unlawful entering of another's dwelling or vehicle with the intent to commit a crime therein.
What is burglary?
This defense has 4 elements the defendant must prove to justify their conduct.
What is self-defense?
An officer patting down a suspect's outer garments looking for weapons only is conducting this type of search.
What is a Terry stop or a "stop and frisk"?
A mutual agreement between two or more people to commit a crime, and some sort of overt act taken to further that crime.
What is a conspiracy?
This basic element of a crime requires a criminal act committed of the defendant's own free will.
What is actus reus?
An attempted or threatened battery.
This type of defense completely justifies the defendant's behavior and acquits them of the crime.
What is a perfect defense or justification?
This test has 5 factors that must be analyzed in order to determine if certain evidence can be used in court.
What is eyewitness reliability?
This type of inchoate crime has 3 different tests that could be applied, depending on the jurisdiction.
What is an attempt?
A completed crime requires both actus reus and a Latin term meaning "intent" or "guilty mind."
What is mens rea?