Classifications of Crimes
What are the three classifications of a crime?
(What are) Felonies, Misdemeanors, and Violations
A major crime punishable by imprisonment or death is known as a
Name the four common defenses to a crime
(What are) insanity, entrapment, self-defense, and defense of family members
Name two big federal government police agencies
(What is) FBI and DEA
Is interstate crime handled on the federal or state level?
(What is) Federal level
Who is the person accused of a crime?
(What is) the defendant
A less serious crime with a less severe penalty is known as a
(What is) a misdemeanor
If a law enforcement officer induces a law-abiding citizen to commit a crime, a person can use a defense called
(What is) entrapment
Name three police powers that protect the public
(What are) Health, Safety, Welfare, Morals
What two elements define a crime?
(What is) The criminal act and required state of mind
Who is the government attorney that presents the case in court against the defendant?
(What is) the prosecutor
When a deadly weapon is used, the crime becomes
(What is) aggrevated
Define duress
(What is) threats, violence, constraints or other action brought on someone to do something against their will or help better their judgement
The federal government has none of what power?
Does motive play a part in proving criminal liability?
No
Name three crimes that undermine the court
(What are) Perjury, Obstruction of Justice, and Contempt of Court
Name three examples of felonies
(What are) Murder, Manslaughter, Burglary, Robbery, and Arson
What is the Castle Doctrine
(What is) A person's abode is a place in which a person has certain protections and immunities and may in certain circumstances use force, up to and including deadly force, to defend against an intruder without becoming liable in prosecution
Federal criminal law must involve what activity?
(What is) Interstate
What is voluntary conduct?
(What is) When you were forced not to do something through violence or fear of harm
A crime happens approximately every...
(What is) 2 seconds
Name two examples of a misdemeanor
What is the stand your ground law?
(What is) A person may justifiably use force in self-defense when there is reasonable belief of an unlawful threat, without an obligation to retreat
What is the Dual Sovereignty Doctrine?
(What is) States that both the state and federal courts can prosecute an individual without violating double jeopardy
What is the M'Naghten Rule?
(What is) the defendant must prove to suffer from a mental disease so serious that he or she did not know the nature of the illegal action at the time it was committed