Common Law States of Mind

T/F: Specific intent crimes require a defendant to act with a conscious objective to achieve a particular result

T

T/F: Malice requires a reckless disregard of an obvious or high risk that a particular harmful result will occur

T

T/F: General intent requires proof of intent to achieve a specific additional result

F

T/F: Strict liability offenses require no proof of any mental state (mens rea)

T

Conspiracy requires intent that the planned crime be […]

completed

Burglary at common law requires intent to commit a […] inside the dwelling

felony

Robbery is a specific intent crime requiring intent to permanently […] another’s property

deprive

Embezzlement requires intent to […] entrusted property for personal use

defraud

Assault under common law is a specific intent crime requiring intent to commit a […]

battery

T/F: Common law murder and arson are malice crimes even without intent to kill or burn

F

T/F: A window washer who throws cleaning fluid off a tall building may be guilty of murder under the malice standard

T

T/F: Battery, kidnapping, and false imprisonment are examples of general intent crimes

T

False imprisonment requires awareness of confinement and lack of valid […]

consent

Strict liability crimes often appear in regulatory statutes and carry low […]

penalties

T/F: Operating unlicensed bingo under a statute without “knowingly” or “intentionally” is a strict liability offense

T

11 Classic Specific-Intent Crimes:

“Silly Cats Always Make A Lazy Elephant Forget Resting By Fences.”

What does Silly correspond to?

Solicitation

11 Classic Specific-Intent Crimes:

“Silly Cats Always Make A Lazy Elephant Forget Resting By Fences.”

What does Cats correspond to?

Conspiracy

11 Classic Specific-Intent Crimes:

“Silly Cats Always Make A Lazy Elephant Forget Resting By Fences.”

What does Always correspond to?

Attempt

11 Classic Specific-Intent Crimes:

“Silly Cats Always Make A Lazy Elephant Forget Resting By Fences.”

What does Make correspond to?

Murder (1st-degree, premeditated)

11 Classic Specific-Intent Crimes:

“Silly Cats Always Make A Lazy Elephant Forget Resting By Fences.”

What does A correspond to?

Assault

11 Classic Specific-Intent Crimes:

“Silly Cats Always Make A Lazy Elephant Forget Resting By Fences.”

What does Lazy correspond to?

Larceny

11 Classic Specific-Intent Crimes:

“Silly Cats Always Make A Lazy Elephant Forget Resting By Fences.”

What does Elephant correspond to?

Embezzlement

11 Classic Specific-Intent Crimes:

“Silly Cats Always Make A Lazy Elephant Forget Resting By Fences.”

What does Forget correspond to?

False Pretenses

11 Classic Specific-Intent Crimes:

“Silly Cats Always Make A Lazy Elephant Forget Resting By Fences.”

What does Resting correspond to?

Robbery

11 Classic Specific-Intent Crimes:

“Silly Cats Always Make A Lazy Elephant Forget Resting By Fences.”

What does By correspond to?

Burglary

11 Classic Specific-Intent Crimes:

“Silly Cats Always Make A Lazy Elephant Forget Resting By Fences.”

What does Fences correspond to?

Forgery