Elements of a Crime
Conduct prohibited by law.
Criminal Act
Deliberate and pre-mediated killing done with malice aforethought.
Legal term meaning "done with a cool mind, capable of reflection".
Deliberate
Larceny
Petition
Kinds include:
Specific, General, Criminal Negligence, Strict Liability
Any killing done while a person is committing a felony.
Felony murder
The person actually reflected on the murder before committing it.
Premeditated
The unlawful entry into any building with the intent to commit a crime.
Burglary
The highest court in the land has 9 of these.
Supreme Court Judges
The coexistence of criminal act and criminal intent.
Concurrence.
A killing when the driver is criminally negligent.
Vehicular homicide
Stealing property worth over a certain amount. The amount varies from state to state,
Grand Larceny
Knowingly misrepresenting a fact to get property from another person
Fraud
The federal courts system is organized into 12.
Districts.
Result must be caused by the act. Harm includes physical, financial, and/or property damage.
The unintended killing that takes place during a crime that is a misdemeanor.
Involuntary manslaughter.
Using a dangerous weapon to take something from a person
Armed Robbery
Making a threat with the intent of getting property (usually money) from another person.
Extortion
Daily Double!
Made up of a panel of three judges.
The Court of Appeals
Killing done with malice aforethought, but without deliberation and premeditation.
Second-degree murder.
This Constitutional amendment protects your right to privacy.
The 4th Amendment.
This is a crime of theft against a person.
Robbery
This landmark supreme court case rejected the students right to privacy on school grounds.
New Jersey vs. T.L.O