Chapter 8 - 10 test - Practical Law - Mr. S. Louis

Principal

A person who directly commits a crime or helps commit it.

Accessory after the fact

A person who helps someone avoid arrest or punishment after a crime.

Motive

The reason a person commits a crime.

Bystander

A person who witnesses an event but does not take part in it.

State crime

A crime that violates state law.

Federal crime

A crime that violates federal law.

Paolo and Samson

The principals because they directly participated in the crime.

Paolo's brother and sister-in-law

The accessories after the fact because they helped Paolo after the crime.

Paolo and Samson's motive

To take Joey's drugs away from him.

The six people who saw Joey

They did not directly participate, but they could have called for help.

Type of crime in the case

A state crime because the actions violated state criminal law.

Second-degree murder

Killing done with malice but without premeditation.

Suicide

The deliberate taking of one's own life.

First-degree murder

Killing that is premeditated, deliberate, and done with malice.

Date or acquaintance rape

Sexual assault by someone known to the victim.

Felony murder

Killing that happens during the commission of certain serious crimes.

Negligent homicide

Killing as a result of failing to use reasonable care.

Sexual assault

Sexual intercourse committed by force and without consent.

Assault

Attempting or threatening to carry out a physical attack upon another person.

Homicide

The killing of one person by another.

Malice

The deliberate intent to harm someone.

Negligence

The failure to exercise a reasonable amount of care.

Stalking

Following or harassing another person.

Statutory rape

Sexual intercourse with an underage person.

Voluntary manslaughter

Killing that happens after something causes the killer to lose self-control.

Battery

Unlawful physical contact inflicted by one person upon another without consent.

Involuntary manslaughter

Unintentional killing as a result of extremely reckless conduct.

Uttering

Offering someone a fake document as if it were genuine.

Tobacco sales to minors

Selling cigarettes or related products to people under 18.

Forgery

Falsely making or changing a writing or document with the intent to defraud.

Computer crime

Unauthorized access, use, alteration, or taking of another person's computer systems or files.

Robbery

Unlawfully taking property from someone's immediate possession by force or intimidation.

Receiving stolen property

Receiving property that a person knows or should know is not legally owned by the person giving it.

Unauthorized use of a vehicle

Taking a vehicle temporarily without permission.

Extortion

Using threats to obtain another person's property.

Vandalism

Willful destruction of or damage to another person's property.

Hacker

A person who illegally accesses other computer systems.

Concealment

The crime of attempted shoplifting recognized in some states.

Carjacking

Using force or intimidation to steal a car from a driver.

Burglary

Unauthorized entry into a structure with the intent to commit a crime.

Embezzlement

Unlawfully taking property that was entrusted to someone.

Shoplifting

Taking items from a store without paying or intending to pay.

Larceny

Unlawfully taking and carrying away another person's property with the intent to steal it.

Auto theft

Unauthorized taking of a vehicle without the intent to return it.

Arson

Willful and malicious burning of another person's property.