Criminal Law Final

A crime

An act prohibited or an omission required by law is our definition of ?

Natural Law

Rules of conduct that are part of human nature and are found within the natural order with behaviors resulting from human reason, inspiration and intuition are know as?

Common Law

Law that originates from customs and use as opposed to law that is legislated or written is referred to as?

Mala in Se

Acts that are regarded, by convention and tradition, as wrong in themselves are known as?

Actus Reas

The Latin term meaning “guilty act” is?

Felony

A crime punishable by a year or more of incarceration or death is a?

The final exam is worth how many points?

20

Stare decisis

The Latin term that means to stand by things decided or let the decision stand is?

Mayoral decrees

Which of the following is NOT one of the sources of criminal law discussed in class?

Mens rea

The Latin term that means the specific mental state of the defendant at the time of the crime?

False

Motive can be used as an element of a crime and must be proved in court in order to find someone guilty.

Caused Intent

Which of the following is NOT one of the four mental states discussed in Chapter 2?

South Campus Hall

Where is your instructors office located?

Mere possession

A person who may or may not be aware of what they possess is found to be in?

Criminal negligence

A gross deviation from the standard care required of an individual is referred to as?

Vicarious liability

Employers being held responsible for the actions of their employees is referred to as?

False

Motive is the same thing as intent

According to the video about Kenneth Parks in chapter 2, unlike the US, Canadian prosecutors can appeal a murder trial verdict of “not guilty”

True

Concurrence

In order for an action to be considered criminal, the act itself and the required mental state must occur at the same time, this is referred to as?

Jurisdiction

The subject matter or geographical area that the authority of a government entitiy covers in particular a court of law, is referred to as?

5th and 14th admendments

Due process clauses are found in?

Venue

The term associated with jurisdiction that refers to the geographic location of where a trial should be held is?

5th admendment

The double jeopardy clause in the Bill of Rights is located in the?

Ex post facto laws

Laws that retroactively make criminal actions that were innocent at the time they were committed are known as?

True

Two exceptions to the double jeopardy clause are jurisdiction and trial defect.

Substantive and procedural

Based on the video on Due process, the two concepts of due process are?

Bill of Attainder

A special type of law, in the past, that declared a particular person guilty of a crime and thus be subject to a punishment without a trial or conviction and were legislative acts that singled out individuals or groups for punishment without a trial is known as?

8th amendment

The right against cruel and unusual punishment is found in?

1st amendment

according to the 3 minute video on the Bill of Rights, which admendment is our most revered?

Anticipatory crimes

Crimes that are incomplete or unfinished are somtimes referred to as

True

The three main inchoate crimes discussed in class were criminal attempt, criminal solicitation and criminal conspiracy.

True

One reason to classify inchoate acts as crimes is becuase acts done in preparation for a crime point to the defendants inclination to commit a crime.

substantial step

The term for an act or conduct in furtherance of the intent to commit the crime that goes beyond mere preparation?

Common law

According to the video on criminal attempt, which of the following is NOT one of the common law tests that was relied on from the time of old law?

Legal impossibility

The term for when a person cannot be punished for making the attempt to do something that is not specified as a crime, even if this person misunderstands the law and beleives it as a crime is referred to as?

True

The MPC (model penal code) definition of criminal solicitation is with purpose of promoting or facilitating a crime, commands, encourages or requests another to engage in specific conduct which would constitute the crime or an attempt to commit a crime.

False

Mere knowledge is enough for conspiratorial liability.

Identity theft

According to the video on solicitation, which of the following crimes are the most common in regards to solicitation?

True

To apply a conspiracy charge, the specific intent for both 8intent to the conduct and intent to the result if the conduct are required.

JFK assassination

The video about the Umbrella Man referred to what event?

True

A person who, after an offense has been committed, aids, conceals, or warns a princible with the intent that the princible avoids arrest, prosecution, conviction or punishment for the crime reffered to as an accessory.

True

A person who assists or promotes another to commit a crime is referred to as an accomplice.

Gideon v. Wainwright

According to the video in chapter 5 about the 6th amendment, which case extended the right to an attorney ot those accused of committing state crimes?

False

The two main types of defenses discussed in class were factual and actual.

Somewhere else

According to the alibi video, the Latin translation for the word “alibi” means?

Justification

When the accused admits to committing the act but makes a claim that it was necessary to do so in order to avoid some greater evil describes which type of defense?

True

A response to a criminal charge where the accused puts forth theirt own evidence claiming why they should not be held criminally liable for theirt actions is referred to as an affirmative defense.

Defense of others

Which of the following is NOT an example of a justification defense?

US vs Holmes

In the Queen vs Dudley/Stephens video, what case in the US did the British courts look to for comparison?

Apparent

A form of danger that is imminent when the action or behavior of an aggressor makes the threat of harm or danger obvious is referred to as?

Execution of public duty defense

A legal defense to a charge of criminal conduct, for example an assault, that is legislated and that prevents sworn law enforcement personnel, such as police officers and other public officials from being held criminally responsible for the lawful execution of their duties is referred to as…

Two

According to the video about Joe Horn calling 911 about his neighbors house being

False

A circumstance where a person is forced to act against their own will, also referred to as compulsion is also referred to as a third party waiver.

False

A defense that asserts that someone claiming an injury eithr had agreed to sustaining the injury in question or understood and accepted the possibility of sustaining injury prior to the injurious activity that was undertaken is duress.

Ignorance of fact

A lack of knowledge of a fact that relates to a particular situation is referred to as?

False

A duress defense asserts that to avoid or prevent greater harm, it was necessary to commit an act that was unlawful?

Culpable ignorance

When a person fails to use normal or ordinary care to attain knowledge of the law, they may be held criminally responsible, that is referred to as?

Competency Rule

according to the video on insanity defenses, which of the following is NOT one of the rules/tests?

True

The legal term for one human being killing another human being is homicide.

Criminal, justifiable, excusable

The three types of homicide discussed in class are?

False

One human killing another under circumstances authorized by the law, as discussed in class is referred to as excusable.

Deliberate & Premeditated

According to the video in Chapter 6, 1st degree and/or capital murder has which two of the following characteristics?

Interstate manslaughter

Which of the folloowing is NOT one of the categories of criminal homicide discussed in class?

False

The unintended killing of another person that is caused during the commission of an act that is unlawful (that is not a felony) or that results from criminal negligence is voluntary manslaughter

Corpus delecti

The Latin term that transates to “body of the crime’ is

Power oriented

Serial killers who are looking to control and overpower their victims and they enjoy seeing their victims suffer and beg for mercy are known as?

Ed Gein

According to the video in Chapter 6, which serial killer was part of the inspiration for the characters in Psycho, Texas Chain Saw massacre and Silence of the Lambs?

Richard Kuklinski

The serial killer whose nickname was “The Iceman” was?

False

Serial murders are killings involving multible victims that occur at the same time while mass murders are killings involving multible victims over a period or range of time.

True

Three common and distinct situations in relation to the commission of sexual assault are those committed by force, fear or trick

False

A person in a lawful marital relationship can never be charged with sexual assault because consent is automatically implied due to the marriage being legal.

Eight seconds

According to the video on rape statistics in chapter 7, a person is sexually assaulted in the US every:

50%

According to the video in chapter 7 on sexual assaults on college campuses, what percentage of those cases involved alcohol?

Necrophilia

The term for someone having sexual activity with a dead body/ corpse is?

Incest

Sexual activity between relatives/family members is referred to as?

Bigamy

When a person knowingly and willfully enters a second marriage while being legally married to another person, that is known as?

Pedophilia

Sexual activity with children who are pre-pubescent according to the text, is referred to as?

False

According to the video in chapter 7 on age of consent, the age of consent is the same worldwide.

Zoophilia

Sexual activity with animals, according to the text, is referred to as?

150

According to the video of former gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, how many victims was he accused of sexually assaulting?

True

According to the video on sexual assault on college campuses, the four elements of affirmative consent are voluntary, enthusiastic, continuous, communicative.

Alcohol

According to the video on sexual assault on college campuses, the biggest date rape drug is?

Felony

According to the sexual assault statutues outlined in chapter 7, all of them are classified as a?

Assault

When one attempts to injure another OR threatens /frightens to injure another with the present ability to do so is referred to as?

Battery

An unlawful, unjustified or offensive touching of another person is referred to as?

False

When the accused must be in a position to carry out the threatened battery immediately AND the threat of harm must be obvious is referred to as inherent ability.

Arms

According to the video in chapter 8 about Lawrence Singleton, The Mad Chooper, he chopped off his victims what?

Mayhem

The malicious and unlawful destruction, amputation or permanently disabling or disfiguring of a member/organ of the body of another is referred to as?

Repeated domestic violence

According to the video about Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt, which of the following caused Lorenas attack?

True

The taking and/or carrying away of the property of another or of a person, according to the text, is referred to as asportation.

Gold certificates

The Lindbergh Baby kidnapper was tracked down initially using?

Federal authorities jurisdiction in cases that crossed state lines

The Lindbergh case resulted in a law passed by Congress nicknamed “The Lingbergh Law” that allowed?

False imprisonment

The unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another, according to the text, is referred to as?

Classmate

In the video about cyber stalking, Patrick Macchione was what relation to his victim?

California

According to the video about Rebecca Schaeffer, which state was the first to enact laws regarding stalking?

18

According to the video, for how many years was Jacyee Dugard held captive?

Robbery, Burglary, Theft

According to the first video in Chapter 9, which crimes get confused most often?

True

The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program defines robbery as the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.

Extortion

The theft of property from another person by means of threats of future violence, exposure of secrets, or taking or withholding official action is referred to as?

Car jacking

Robbery involving an occupied motor vehicle is also referred to as: