Stealing stuff
One commits this crime by using force or the threat of force to take money or property from another individual, such as pointing a gun at a bank teller and demanding cash
Robbery
If you find property that someone has lost what are you legally required to do
Make a reasonable attempt to locate the owner and return the property to them or turn the property over to police or a lost and found
This occurs when an individual destroys, defaces or otherwise degrades someone else’s property without their permission
Vandalism
What is something that could occur to make arson, aggravated arson?
Illinois makes a distinction between arson and aggravated arson. For someone to be charged with aggravated arson, the fire must have been intentionally set and:
There are two ways someone can be charged with trespassing, what are they?
1. Someone is told to leave property and does not leave
2. A notice is posted that property is private, or a reasonable person should know it is, and someone enters the property anyway
This is the act of intentionally depriving someone of his or her property.
Theft
Can I Be Accused of Stealing Something I Borrowed If I Forget to Return It?
Maybe. You have to intend to not return it to the owner in order to be charged with theft
This is the intentional burning of almost any type of structure, building or forest land, with more severe degrees recognized if it causes bodily injury, or involves an inhabited building or intent to defraud insurers
Arson
Someone commits vandalism at a Jewish Synagogue by spray painting an anti- Jewish slur. What additional crime could be charged?
Hate crime
Can a robbery be committed without a weapon?
Yes, it is called "strong arm robbery"
This is the unlawful entry into a home or other closed structure, often by force or coercion, with the intent of stealing property from another or committing some other crime.
Burglary
If you burn your own property, can you be charged with arson?
Generally no, unless you try to collect insurance money for the property
Someone lives near a golf course. A very bad golfer slices and their ball shatters the window of the house. Has a crime been committed?
Likely not. There needs to be intent to cause damage
What is a location, where there will likely be an enhanced penalty for damaging property there?
Generally any public property such as a school, park or government building
Someone is at the airport retrieving their bag after a flight. Two identical looking bags come off the carousel. A person grabs the wrong bag and walks out the airport. How they committed theft?
No. They can show a reasonable belief that they had their own bag
This crime generally refers to the theft of merchandise from a store or place of business. Shoplifting is a type of larceny, which simply means taking someone else's property without their permission and with the intent to deprive the owner of the property taken.
Shoplifting or Retail Theft
It is two o'clock in the morning, you're awakened by the sound of breaking glass. You race down the hall with your gun drawn to find a stranger crawling through your bathroom window. If you shoot him, will you be criminally charged with assault or murder?
The Castle Doctrine stems from old English Common Law that holds that your home is your castle and that you have a right to defend your castle. The doctrine is an offshoot of self-defense and eliminates the requirement to retreat. Most states have some variation of the Castle Doctrine in their laws.
The prime difference between self-defense generally and the Castle Doctrine is that there's no duty to retreat and there's a presumption that deadly force was necessary.