Affirmative Defenses
Homicide
Crimes Against Property
Crimes Against People
Criminal Procedure
100
In pop culture, people believe that this affirmative defense can be claimed if an undercover police officer fails to identify themselves when asked

what is entrapment

100

A negligent killing will result in this charge

What is involuntary manslaughter

100

This crime involves taking (or retaining!) an object through force or threat of force

What is robbery

100

This prankish offense punishes those who cause property problems

what is criminal mischief

100

In order to search your home, police need these two things

What are probable cause and a warrant

200
This can serve as a defense to crime only where it negates an element of the charge

What is consent?

200

This is the level of intent required for Felony Murder

What is strict liability? (also what is none?)

200

Obtaining property legally, then converting it to your own purposes

what is embezzlement

200

The minimum distance a victim must be moved for a defendant to be guilty of kidnapping

what is none/there is no minimum

200

This question determines whether the 4th amendment applies to a situation

What is whether the person had a reasonable expectation of privacy

300

The main question used in the M'Naghten Test

what is "whether the defendant knew right from wrong"

300

A person is considered to have died when this occurs

What is brain death OR cessation of bodily functions

300

The crime of using a falsified document

What is uttering?

300

Historically, this crime requiring a felonious mind could only take place at night

What is burglary?

300

Miranda rights apply in this scenario only

What is when the suspect is in custody

400

This affirmative defense could technically replace all the others - an action to prevent a greater harm

What is necessity?

400
In a murder prosecution, life is usually considered to start here.

At viability

400

The simplest form of property crime - taking and carrying away

what is larceny

400

Hot-headed judges sometimes accept this minor impairment as satisfying arson statutes

what is smoke damage

400

This rule prevents police from using illegal searches to provide clues for later, legal searches

What is the fruit of the poisonous tree

500

A person who honestly, but unreasonably believed in the need to defend themselves might be able to get this flawed self-defense outcome

What is imperfect self-defense / manslaughter

500

In order to prove premeditation, courts typically require one of two things

What is evidence of planning OR what is motive+a killing that implied planning

500
This crime is no offense at all - if the victim is indifferent to the defendants lies

False Pretenses

500

An example of constructive force in burglary prosecutions

What is (any of these) fraud, misrepresentation, threat of force

500

This exception to the warrant requirement would allow police to search closets, but not safes

What is "protective sweep" - (would also accept hot pursuit, incident to arrest, or emergency if they justify it in the language of protective sweep)

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