At common law, the trespassory taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with intent to deprive permanently the owner thereof.
What is larceny?
100
The most serious class of crimes.
What are felonies?
100
An intentional homicide with malice aforethought.
What is murder?
100
The tort term for a harmful or offensive touching; it is not used that often in modern criminal law.
What is battery?
100
A young person who is considered too young to be capable of forming criminal intent is not guilty of a crime; rather the youth is adjudged to be this.
What is a juvenile delinquent?
200
The unlawful conversion (putting to one's own use) of property with which one has been entrusted.
What is embezzlement?
200
The standard of proof the government must meet to prove any criminal case.
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
200
Sexual intercourse engaged in without consent and as a result of force or fear.
What is rape?
200
While tort law responds to offensive touchings and anticipated harm, criminal assault usually requires that one cause this.
What is physical injury?
200
Duress -- being forced to commit a crime against one's will -- can never be a defense for this.
What is taking a human life?
300
Creating a false instrument (legal document) or altering one with intent to deceive.
What is forgery?
300
The middle tier of criminal acts.
What are misdemeanors?
300
Willfully and maliciously setting fire to personal property, forest land, or a structure.
What is arson?
300
An assault and a larceny combined would result in this crime.
What is robbery?
300
Self-defense allows one to use this in response to deadly force.
What is deadly force?
400
Knowingly and unlawfully obtaining title to property by deception or trickery.
What is the crime of false pretenses (or criminal fraud or deceit)?
400
The government must prove each and every one of these to establish that a crime occurred.
What are the elements of the crime?
400
The modern version of this crime is broader, but at common law it was the unlawful breaking and entering of a dwelling house at night with the intent of committing a felony.
What is burglary?
400
Not connected to frustration, this term indicates a crime has elements making it more severe than its normal form.
What is aggravation, or an aggravated crime?
400
A person who (1) does not know what he is doing or (2) is incapable of recognizing that society considers it to be wrong is this.
What is insane?
500
Extracting money or goods from a person by threatening physical harm, destruction of property, or exposure of damaging or embarrassing information.
What is blackmail (or extortion)?
500
The lowest form of offense, including parking and most traffic offenses.
What are violations (or infractions)?
500
This common law term is not used often now, but it punished any intentional attack causing permanent bodily harm or disfigurement.
What is mayhem?
500
A death resulting from the commission of a felony -- with or without any form of assault -- will lead to this charge.
What is felony murder?
500
If law enforcement officers persuade a person to commit a crime when the person had no intent to commit it, the defense is this.