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doctrine that imposes a legal duty to render or summon aid for imperiled strangers
What is the "Good Samaritan" doctrine
The "state of mind" the mental element in crime
What is mens rea
The right to freedom from unreasonable search and seizure is guaranteed
What is the Fourth Amendment
the numbers, letters, and punctuation that follow the title of a case in the excerpts or in the bibliography at the end of the book.
What is a case citation
The mental element of kidnapping, requiring the specific intent to confine, significantly restrain, or hold victims in secret
The conspiracy where one or more defendants participate in every transaction
What is a Wheel conspiracy
private wrongs for which you can sue the party who wronged you and recover money.
What is torts.
rational human beings won't commit crimes if they know that the pain of punishment outweighs the pleasure gained from committing crimes.
deterrence theory
The general intent to commit the actus reus of a crime plus the intent to cause a criminally harmful result
What is specific intent
A law passed after the occurrence of the conduct constituting the crime
what is ex post facto law
The crime of trying to get someone else to commit a crime.
What is solicitation?
Participants after crimes are committed
What are accessories.
unwanted and unjustified offensive touching
what is battery
punishable by death or confinement no less than one (1) year
What is a felony
Purposely, knowingly, recklessly, negligently
What is the Model Penal Code (MPC)
banned items not on my person but in places I control, for example, in my car or apartment.
What is constructive possession
Participants before and during the commission of crimes
What are accomplices?
Attempt to commit battery or intentionally putting another in fear
what is assault
death caused by a person who is aware that their acts create a substantial and unjustifiable risk of death or serious bodily injury, but acts anyway
what is criminal negligence manslaughter
Death has to be a foreseeable consequence of the unlawful act;the act is unlawful only because it's prohibited by a specific statue or ordinance.
what is malum prohibitum crime
killing a person with "malice aforethought"
what is murder
The law is above everyone and it applies to everyone
What is the rule of law
to have carnal knowledge of a person under the age of consent whether or not accomplished by force
what is statutory rape
killing in self-defense
What is justifiable homicide
Intentional sexual penetration of another person by force without the other person's consent
What is Rape