Inchoate
Consisting of acts that are preliminary, or lead up to a crime.
What is Inchoate Crimes
•To help or hide the person who committed the crime, or facts regarding the crime.
Aiding and Abetting
a person serves one jail term after another
What is Consecutive Sentence
A formal charge of a crime
Indictment
1.Planning/Preparing
2.Attempt
3.Conspiracy
4.Solicitation
5.Aiding and Abetting
Types of Inchoate Crimes
4 Elements of Mens Rea (RINK)
What is
Reckless
Intent
Negligence
Knowledge
multiple sentences for different crimes are served at the same time, rather than consecutively (one after the other).
What is Concurrent Sentencing
Person that might testify against you after committing a crime. Person prosecuted together in a criminal case.
What is a Co-Defendant?
Trying to commit an unlawful act
Attempt
The guilty act
Actus Rea
concrete evidence of a crime. No Body No Crime!
What is Corpus Delicti?
the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge or receives a reduced sentence in exchange for avoiding a trial.
What is a plea bargain?
Two or more people work together
Conspiracy
The mental State
What is mens rea?
"you have the body," or "show me the body".
What is Habeas Corpus
citizens, usually 12, who are selected to hear evidence and decide the facts of a case, rendering a verdict in either criminal or civil trials.
What is a Jury (juror)?
Involves offering money to a person
What is Solicitation
mens rea + actus reus =
What is a crime?
The first appearance in court
What is arraignment?
Evidence presented in court
What is Discovery?