Chapter 1
Core offenses are comprised into two general categories
What is felonies against persons, and felonies against property?
The burden of proof goes to
What is the prosecution?
Requirement that intentions have to turn into deeds
What is manifest criminality?
Mens rea meaning
Guilty mind
Special hearings to determine is these defendants are still insane.
Competency hearings
____ are referring to noncriminal wrongs
what is torts?
Meaning actions that communicate ideas and feelings
What is expressive conduct?
There are two kinds of criminal omission. One is failure to report and the other is
What is failure to intervene?
Confessions are the only direct evidence of ___ attitude.
Mental
Refers to an imminent danger of attack
Necessity
Mala in se translates to
what is inherently evil?
Not only is privacy a constitutional right, it's a _____ right.
What is fundamental?
One element of a crime:
A criminal act, criminal intent, concurrence, attendant circumstances, or a bad result causing criminal harm
Requires neither subjective nor objective fault.
Strict liability
The defense of ___ is based on the idea that competent adults voluntarily consented to crimes against themselves and knew what they were consenting to.
Consent
____ are punishable by fine and/or confinement in the local jail for up to one year.
What is misdemeanors?
The Eighth Amendment commands against
Pretending something is a fact when it's not
What is legal fiction?
Meaning the intent to commit a criminal act.
General intent
When attacked in your home, you can use deadly force to fend off an unprovoked attack, but only if you reasonably believe the attack threatens death or serious bodily injury
Castle exception
The most rapidly growing body of criminal law in the U.S. Criminal Code created by the ____
What is the U.S. Congress?
The principle of proportionality states that the _____ should fit the crime.
What is the punishment?
An obligation created and enforced by society, conscience, and religion that's not enforceable by law
Moral duty
The principle of concurrence means
Some mental fault has to trigger the criminal act in conduct crimes and the cause in result crimes.
Area immediately surrounding the home
Curtilage