Excuses
Actus Reus
Mens Rea
Justifications
Parties to a Crime
100
Ignorance of the law is no excuse
What is mistake of law
100
A failure to act
What is omission
100
The mental part of a crime
What is Mens Rea
100
A statute that states a person can defend their home from any foreign entity
What is the castle doctrine
100
Individuals involved before and during a crime
What is Accomplice
200
Forcing a person to do something against their will
What is duress
200
A conscious choice to commit an act
What is voluntary act
200
Criminal act and criminal intent exist at the same time
What is Concurrence
200
Preventing harm to oneself through means of force
What is self defense
200
Individuals involved in assisting an offender following a crime.
What is Accessories
300
After passing the M'Naughten test a person can plead for this excuse
What is insanity
300
Statute requiring a doctor to report child abuse
What is duty to intervene
300
Central to criminal law and must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt
What is causation
300
Exerting more than enough force required for self defense
What is excessive force
300
Individuals assisting the offender. (i.e: getaway drivers or lookouts)
What is Principals in the second degree
400
If a person can prove in court that they are psychologically unstable they can testify for this excuse
What is diminished capacity
400
Statute that requires individuals to aid other in peril
What is Good Samaritan statute
400
An individual intends to attack one person but injures another
What is transferred intent
400
Aiding someone who is in peril
What is defense of another
400
The rule that states that being present and watching the commission of a crime in not sufficient to satisfy the Actus Reus requirement of accomplice liability.
What is Mere Presents Rule
500
When police trick a person to commit a crime
What is entrapment
500
A rule that states a bystander is not legally required to intervene
What is American Bystander rule
500
Willingly not acknowledging a maternal fact does not exist
What is willful blindness
500
Mindset that force is required for self defense
What is reasonable belief
500
"Individuals cannot be held liable based on their relationship with the perpetrator of the crime"
What is Vicarious Liability
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