Name that Defense
The defendant was forced to commit the crime at gunpoint.
What is duress?
Jacob was 12 years old when he took a candy bar without paying.
What is infancy?
A teen steals a car for fun but later returns it.
No-- not an affirmative defense
Stealing from someone by using threats or intimidation
What is robbery?
The two opposing sides in a criminal trial are called this
What are the prosecution and the defense?
The defendant drank alcohol willingly and committed a crime.
What is voluntary intoxication?
Miranda was miles away at a dentist appointment when the store was robbed.
What is alibi?
A man kills someone who was trying to stab him
Yes-- affirmative defense
Illegally entering a building to commit a crime inside.
What is burglary?
The trial phase where lawyers select the jury.
What is voir dire?
The defendant has a diagnosed mental illness and couldn't understand right from wrong.
What is insanity?
A gang threatened to kill Marcus and his family unless he delivered a stolen package.
What is duress?
A woman says she committed fraud because she was angry at her boss
No-- anger is not an affirmative defense
A doctor injects his patient with a drug to end his life, which the patient has asked for.
What is euthanasia?
The level of proof required in criminal trials.
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
The crime was committed during a hallucination caused by being unknowingly drugged.
What is involuntary intoxication?
Carlos stole food from a grocery store after being stranded in a snowstorm for two days.
What is necessity?
A defendant claims they were sleepwalking during the burglary.
Yes-- affirmative defense
A man sets fire to an abandoned factory, and unknowingly kills a homeless man who is living within the factory.
What is felony murder?
The level of proof required in civil trials.
What is by a preponderance of the evidence?
What is necessity?
Tom believes he was taking his own suitcase from baggage claim, but it wasn't his.
What is mistake of fact?
A man is slapped in the face by a friend he is having an argument with... he then pulls out a gun and shoots his friend in the head.
Not an affirmative defense-- deadly force may only be used if the there was the threat of death upon himself
A woman tricks an old man, through the internet, to give her his social security number.
What is phishing?
He is the current Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Who is John Roberts?