Criminal Law Terms I
Criminal Law Terms II
Preliminary Crimes
Crimes Against the Person I
Crimes Against the Person II
100
any crime for which the potential penalty of imprisonment is one year or less
What is a misdemeanor?
100
the person who commits the crime
What is the principal?
100
to ask, command, urge, or advise another person to commit a crime
What is solicitation?
100
the killing of one human being by another
What is a homicide?
100
any attempt or threat to carry out a physical attack upon another person
What is an assault?
200
the reason for performing the crime
What is the motive?
200
someone who helps the person who commits the crime
What is an accomplice?
200
when someone performs all the parts of the crime, but fails to achieve the criminal result
What is an attempt?
200
having the intent to kill or seriously harm another person or acting in an extremely reckless manner which shows a lack of regard for human life
What is malice?
200
when a person repeatedly follows or harasses another person and makes threats, causing the victim to fear death or bodily injury
What is stalking?
300
a crime is defined by these
What are the elements of the crime?
300
someone who orders a crime or helps the person commit the crime, but who was not present during the crime
What is an accessory before the fact?
300
an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime
What is a conspiracy?
300
killing that is premeditated (thought about beforehand), deliberate and with the intent to seriously harm
What is a first-degree murder?
300
sexual intercourse between an adult and a minor
What is statutory rape?
400
the act itself is criminal, regardless of the knowledge or intent of the person committing the crime
What is a strict liability offense?
400
someone who, knowing a crime has been committed, helps the person who committed the crime or others involved in the crime avoid capture or helps them escape
What is an accessory after the fact?
400
an act that is open to view
What is an overt act?
400
a killing that would otherwise be murder, but that occurs after the victim has done something to the killer that would cause a reasonable person to lose self-control or act rashly
What is voluntary manslaughter?
400
any unlawful physical contact inflicted by one person (who intended to do bodily harm) upon another person without consent
What is battery?
500
the prohibited act was done intentionally, knowingly or willfully
What is a guilty state of mind?
500
when a person fails to perform an act required by criminal law, if he/she is physically able to perform the required act
What is a crime of omission?
500
when a person with knowledge of the actual commission of a felony that violates federal law actively conceals this information
What is a misprision of felony?
500
the failure to exercise a reasonable or ordinary amount of care in a situation, thereby causing harm to someone
What is negligence?
500
killing that is done with intent to harm, but without premeditation or deliberation
What is second-degree murder?
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