A term meaning that the act of killing was thought about beforehand.
What is premediation?
100
This crime occurs when a vicitim is threatened with harm, the threat is imminent, and the person making the threat has the ability to carry out the threat.
What is assault?
100
This is the formal name of the crime in Florida for persons who are charged with helping someone commit suicide.
What assisting self-murder?
100
This type of verdict is required to convict in any criminal case.
What is a unanimous verdict?
100
This is what you call an unlawful taking of someone's property in Florida.
What is theft?
200
In Florida, this degree of murder is committed when someone kills with a "depraved mind regardless of human life," without a cooling off period.
What is second degree murder?
200
In some states (NOT Florida) these terms are used interchangeably.
What are assault and battery?
200
This term means a person is taken against their will and is a federal crime if it involves taking them across state lines.
What is kidnapping?
200
Jurors are permitted to do this if they are unclear about something that happened during a trial.
What is pass a note to the judge asking a question?
200
In other states (NOT in Florida) this term is used to decribe the unlawful taking of someone's property.
What is larceny?
300
This type of murder involves someone being killed during one of the felonies listed in the Florida Homicide statute by a person OTHER than the person committing the felony.
What is second degree felony murder?
300
When a deadly weapon is used during a battery or an assault, this term is used to raise the charge from a misdemeanor to a felony.
What is aggravated?
300
These are the ages listed in the Florida statutory rape law.
What are 16 and 24?
300
This is the person who leads the jury deliberation.
Who is the foreman?
300
This is the value of stolen goods in Florida that results in a person being charged with first degree misdemeanor petit theft.
What is $100-$300?
400
This type of murder ONLY occurs when a person is killed during a crime that is NOT listed in the Florida Homicide statute.
What is third degree felony murder?
400
This result is not required for a battery to be charged, as long as an unlawful touching occurs without consent.
What is an injury?
400
This term means someone was threatened or harrassed by a peer, but the actual crime charged is stalking, battery, or assault.
What is bullying?
400
These are given to the jury and are the best place to learn the elements of a crime.
What are jury instructions?
400
In Florida, this is the term and degree for the crime of unlawfully taking property that is worth less than $100.
What is second degree misdemenor petit theft?
500
This type of jury verdict is required for the jury to recommend the death sentance to the judge.
What is a majority verdict?
500
Causing these types of harm make a crime considered "aggravated," even if a deadly weapon is not used.
What is causing great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement?
500
This policy encourages law enforcement and civilians working together to elimnate crime
What is community policing?
500
This term means a jury is kept away from the world and the media; usually in a hotel.
What is sequestration?
500
In Florida, this is the term for stealing good valued at more than $300.