Chapter 1
Crimes that are punishable by death or confinement to state's prison for one year or life without parole
What is felonies
No crime without law; no punishment without law
What is principal of legality
Voluntary criminal act
What is actus reus
Causes a person to act
What is motive
A crime that is punishable by fine and/or confinement in local jail for up to one year
What is a misdemeanor
Forbids conduct and prescribes punishment in terms so uncertain that ordinary people have to guess at their meaning before they choose a course of action
What is void of vagueness
criminal intent
What is mens rea
Fault that requires a “bad mind” in the actor
What is subjective fault
Consists of numbers,letters,and punctuation that follow the title of a case
What is case citation
To have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt
What is burden of proof
The character or condition of a person or thing
What is status
Requires no purposeful or conscious bad mind in the actor
What is objective fault
These are crimes only because a specific statue or ordinance bans them
What is Mala Prohibit a
Punishment should fit the crime
What is principle of proportionality
The failure to act when there is a legal duty to act
What is criminal omissions
Liability without either subjective or objective fault
What is strict liability
Crimes that are inherently evil and require some criminal intent
What is Mala In Se
The power of government is balanced against the liberty of individuals
What is constitutional democracy
Not actively preventing or interrupting injuries and death to persons or damage and destruction of property
What is failure it intervene
Ignorance of the law is no excuse
What is ignorance maxim