Crimes
Another term for criminal act is
Actus reus.
Criminal liability without subjective or objective fault is also called
Strict liability
General intent is the intent to
Have the mens rea.
A friend of yours puts illegal drugs into your backpack without your knowledge. This is known as
Mere possession of the drugs
For an omission to act to be a crime, what must exist?
A legal duty to act
For an omission to act to be a crime, what must exist?
A legal duty to act
In strict liability cases, the prosecution has to prove only that defendants committed a
Voluntary act that caused harm
Intent to commit a criminal act as defined in a statute is known as
General intent.
A legal fiction turns what into an act, although it is really a passive state?
Possession
The criminal law refers to a failure to act as
An omission
The mental element of a crime is called the
Mens rea
The penalty for strict liability crimes generally is
Mild, often with fines and no jail or prison time
The most common definition of specific intent is
General intent plus
What type of possession is required by most states before an act can be criminalized?
Knowing
Which doctrine imposes a legal duty to help or call for help for imperiled strangers?
The “Good Samaritan” doctrine
What are the names of the two kinds of cause required to prove causation in “bad result” crimes?
Factual cause and legal cause
Criminal conduct that qualifies for criminal punishment is the definition of
Criminal liability
The concurrence element means that a criminal intent has to
Trigger the criminal act
Which of the following is a voluntary act?
Knowing possession
In the English case King v. Cogdon (1951), Mrs. Cogdon was acquitted of murder because
Her acts were done while asleep and thus were not voluntary
What is the only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution?
Treason
If there is no criminal conduct, there’s no criminal
Liability
Those crimes requiring a criminal act triggered by criminal intent are
Conduct crimes
Which type of possession is it where one has physical control of banned stuff?
Actual possession
Drivers with dangerously high blood pressure who suffer strokes while they’re driving and kill someone while the stroke has incapacitated them is an example of which of the following?
Voluntarily induced involuntary acts