CH 1
Criminal conduct that qualifies for criminal punishment is the definition of
criminal liability
The doctrine is concerned with giving individuals fair notice of what is criminal and preventing arbitrary or discriminatory enforcement of laws
void-for-vagueness
What is the only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution
treason
Eighth Amendment requires that punishments be proportional to the crime.
True
Where is most criminal law found?
state criminal codes
The name of a law that criminalizes an act that was innocent when it was committed.
ex post facto law
what can rise statutes, contracts, and special relationships.
Legal duties
General intent is the intent to
have the mens rea
Who has the burden of proof regarding criminal conduct?
the prosecution
Most states have abolished common-law crimes.
True
doctrine imposes a legal duty to help or call for help for imperiled strangers is
Good Samaritan
The criminal law refers to a failure to act is what
an omission.
Which of the following is the highest standard of proof known to the law?
beyond a reasonable doubt
Which of the following rights is guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment?
the right to freedom from unreasonable search and seizure.
Only voluntary acts qualify as criminal is known as
actus reus
objective determination that the defendant’s act triggered a chain of events that ended as the bad result is called the
cause in fact.
The kind of fault requires no purposeful or conscious bad mind in the actor
objective fault
The conscious creation of substantial and unjustifiable risks is the definition
recklessness
Criminal law is our society's only form of social control and the only way to hold a person responsible for deviating from social norms
False
The principle of there must be a specific law defining a crime and setting out the punishment before a person can be punished for that crime
Legality