Lawyers + Court Cases
Exam future law students take in order to get into law school
What is the LSAT?
A group of persons, usually youths, who share a common identity and who generally engage in criminal behavior
What is a gang?
A serious crime punished by a prison sentence of over one year
What is a felony?
A thinking or planning out in advance
What is forethought/premeditation?
A crime in which the perpetrator uses force or intimidation to steal a car from a driver
What is carjacking?
A case where someone posted threats to injure his coworkers, his wife, the police, a kindergarten class, and the FBI but won under the 1st Amendment
What is Elonis v. United States?
Imprisonment by the government
What is incarceration?
Failing to perform an act required by criminal law
What is a crime of omission?
The killing of someone during the commission of certain felonies (like arson, rape, robbery, etc.), regardless of intent to kill
What is a felony murder?
Taking of money or property by a person who it has been entrusted (people trust the person to transfer it correctly)
What is embezzlement?
Established an individual's right to possess a firearm in one's home for self-defense
What is District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)?
The harmful overuse of chemicals, such as drugs or alcohol
What is substance abuse?
The legal responsibility for damages or injury, even if you are not negligent
What is strict liability?
The failure to exercise a reasonable amount of care in either doing or not doing something, resulting in harm and injury to another person
What is negligence?
The unlawful taking of property from a person’s immediate possession through aggression?
What is robbery?
Protected second amendment rights against violation by state or local governments
What is McDonald v. Chicago (2010)?
Requiring criminals to pay back their victims
What is restitution?
The Latin term used by lawyers when they discuss the requirements for a guilty state of mind (ex: Legally Blonde and How to Get Away With Murder
What is mens rea?
Unwelcome sexual contact against another individual through aggressive measures with the victims possibly being incapacitated
What is sexual assault?
Stealing $150 from Walmart would make you charged with a
What is a felony; shoplifting charge?
Case that allowed lawyers advertising rights protected by the First Amendment
What is Bates v. State Bar of Arizona (1977)?
An unwritten agreement to submit to forms of interrogation or searches in exchange for privileges like driving and flying
What is implied consent?
The act of requesting or strongly urging someone to do something illegal
What is solicitation?
Killing of a human in which the offender acted in a state that would cause a reasonable person to become emotionally or mentally disturbed to the point that they cannot reasonably control their emotions
What is voluntary manslaughter?
The act of making a fake document or altering a real one with the intent to commit fraud
What is fogery?