Parties and Preliminary Crimes
Homicide
Crimes v. Persons
Crimes v. Property
Defenses
100
The name of the person who actually commits the crime
Who is the principal?
100
A premeditated, deliberate murder committed with intent to kill
What is first-degree murder?
100
In Colorado, knowingly or recklessly causing bodily injury to another person
What is assault?
100
The unlawful taking of property from someone by force or intimidation
What is robbery?
100
"It wasn't me . . . I was somewhere else at the time."
What is an alibi?
200
Asking, urging, or advising someone to commit a crime is called
What is solicitation?
200
Killing in the heat of passion, adequate provocation, no cooling off time.
What is voluntary manslaughter?
200
Laws that prohibit the introduction of evidence of a rape accuser's prior sexual history
What are rape shield laws?
200
A bank teller steals money from a cash drawer
What is embezzlement?
200
I took it, but didn't know it wasn't mine at the time.
What is mistake?
300
An agreement to commit a crime, and an overt act.
What is conspiracy?
300
Reckless homicide in Colorado
What is manslaughter?
300
In Colorado, the mental state required to be convicted of statutory rape (assuming other elements are met).
What is no mental state (strict liability crime)?
300
Unauthorized entry into any structure with the intent to commit a crime
What is burglary?
300
"Make My Day" and "Stand Your Ground" laws are extreme offshoots of this defense.
What is self-defense?
400
You might be one of these if you know someone has committed a crime and help the criminal escape.
What is an accessory after the fact?
400
You don't intend for someone to die, but your actions cause his/her death.
What is involuntary manslaughter?
400
In traditional common law, the difference between assault and battery.
What is threat vs actual physical contact?
400
Buying an ipad for $5 from the back of a truck.
What is receipt of stolen property?
400
Not a defense, except perhaps to show that the defendant could not have formed the intent element of the crime.
What is intoxication?
500
Intent to commit a crime, plus a substantial step.
What is attempt?
500
Someone is killed accidentally during a bank robbery.
What is felony murder?
500
If a person is any one of these 3, he/she is incapable of consenting to sex.
What is unconscious, impaired by drugs or alcohol, or mentally incompetent?
500
In Colorado, knowingly or recklessly starting or maintaining a fire or causing an explosion, on his own property or that of another
What is 4th degree arson?
500
These 3 aren't defenses to homicide.
What are entrapment, duress and necessity?
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