Definitions
That which is laid down, ordained, or established...a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority, and having a binding legal force?
What is a law?
Law originating from use or custom rather than from written statutes.
What is Common Law?
True or False? In some states, a person can be arrested for mere thoughts.
What is False?
True or False? The two basic elements of all crimes are the criminal mind (mens rea) and criminal act (actus reus).
What is True?
A criminal conspiracy is a(n) ________ to commit an unlawful act.
What is an agreement between two or more people?
Which of these is the least serious?
Tort, felony, infraction or misdemeanor.
What is an infraction?
The basic parts or components of a crime are referred to as the ________ of the crime.
What are elements?
________ occurs when one person requests or encourages another to perform a criminal act.
What is criminal solicitation?
Today we call one who knowingly gives assistance to a person who has committed a felony for the purpose of helping that individual avoid apprehension or detection a(n) ________.
What is an accessory?
________ is the killing of a human being by the act, procurement, or omission of another human being.
What is a Homicide?
Which type of crime is punishable by at least a year in prison?
What is a felony?
In the criminal law, ________ is considered behavior and the accompanying mental state.
What is conduct?
The literal meaning of the Latin phrase ________ is "after the fact."
What is Ex Post Facto?
Evidence and arguments offered by the defendant to show why the defendant should not be held liable for a criminal charge are called ________.
What are Defenses?
Bob is charged with a crime and defends himself by arguing that he only committed the crime to avoid some greater evil. Bob is defending himself with a(n) ________.
What is a justification?
Burglary is an example of which category of crime?
What is a Property Crime?
Insanity is a ________ defense.
What is mens rea?
An unfinished crime that generally leads to another crime is a(n) ________ crime.
What is Inchoate?
This test or rule for determining insanity asks whether the defendant knew what he or she was doing or whether he knew what he was doing was wrong.
What is the M'Naughten Rule?
________ are a category of legal defenses in which a defendant claims that some personal condition or circumstance at the time of the act was such that he or she should not be held accountable under the criminal law.
What are Excuses?
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known as ________.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Those procedures that effectively guarantee individual rights in the face of criminal prosecution are known as:
What is the due process of law?
The facts that show that a crime has occurred are referred to in Latin as the ________ _________.
What is corpus delecti?
The constitutional principle that refers to a statute defining a crime that is so unclear that a reasonable person of at least average intelligence could not determine what the law purports to command or prohibit is the ________ principle.
What is Void for Vagueness?
To be considered ________, the defendant must be able to consult with his or her lawyer with a reasonable degree of understanding and understand the proceedings against him or her.
What is competent to stand trial?