Basics
A defined body of rules of conduct created by government and enforced by a government authority.
Law
This refers to any evidence that has been collected illegally by the police
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
duress is no defense for...
murder
An act of force or threat of force intended to inflict harm upon a person or to put the person in fear that such harm is imminent.
Assault
an unlawful killing that is both willful and premeditated, meaning that it was committed after planning or "lying in wait" for the victim.
1st Degree Murder
The quanta of evidence (level of evidence) required to convict someone in a criminal trial
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt
This type of crime carries a punishment of one year or more
Felony
defense - a severe mental disease or defect at the time the crime was committed
Insanity defense
The breaking and entering the house of another in the night time, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felony be actually committed or not.
Burglary
Deaths that were not necessarily intended, but the perpetrator acted with extreme recklessness or in the extreme heat of passion (found their spouse cheating....SOMETIMES!)
Proof that it is more likely than not that an offense took place and that the defendant committed it (required to obtain a warrant)
Probable Cause
a court order to compel a witness to come to court.
Subpoena
Two rights listed in Miranda warnings
(1) Right to remain silent
(2) Right to attorney
(1) the taking of the property of another (2) from his or her person or in their presence (3) by violence, intimidation or threat (4) with the intent to deprive them of it permanently
Robbery
an intentional killing that was not premeditated.
Murder 2
Two most common crimes in america
Driving without a driver's license, possession
This type of crime carries a punishment of less than one year
Misdemeanor
Name two exception to the 4th Amendment right to freedom from unreasonable search and seizure without a warrant
(1) Consent, (2) Plain View, (3) Exigent Circumstances, (4) Automobile exception (if probable cause or inventory search)
an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime at some time in the future
Conspiracy
the crime of killing another human being unlawfully but unintentionally.
involuntary manslaughter
This Constitutional Amendment guarantees you the right to an attorney in a criminal trial
6th Amendment
Name one of the musicals that Mr. Collins and his wife saw over the weekend. We saw two
Once on the Island; Wicked
defense: ones actions, which otherwise would be considered criminal, were necessary in order to defend oneself.
self-defense (defense of others works too)
the malicious burning of the dwelling of another.
Arson
murder that doesn’t require the intent to kill, only:
Felony-Murder