C9 vocab

Question 1

Due process

Answer 1

Fair treatment in the JS

Question 2

Model penal code

Answer 2

A legal document intended to help legislatures with drafting penal law updates

Question 3

Actus reus

Answer 3

The guilty action in a crime

Question 4

Lesser included offense

Answer 4

A crime where the facts of the crime also overlap with other crimes

Question 5

Inchoate crimes

Answer 5

Crime of seeking/preparing to commit another crime

Question 6

Solicitation

Answer 6

Act of attempting to purchase illicit goods

Question 7

Conspiracy

Answer 7

Act of planning to engage in a secret, illegal act

Question 8

Mens rea

Answer 8

Intent

Question 9

Purposeful

Answer 9

Action taken with a specific desire to produce a certain action

Question 10

Inference

Answer 10

Conclusion reached on the basis of evidence/reasoning

Question 11

Principal

Answer 11

Person/entity who authorizes someone to create a legal relationship with a third party

Question 12

Accomplice

Answer 12

Helped another commit a crime

Question 13

Accessory before/after the fact

Answer 13

Helps criminal without directly participating in crime; before/after distinction based on time of help

Question 14

Complete defense

Answer 14

Nullifies entire claim against defendant

Question 15

Partial defense

Answer 15

Nullifies part of claim

Question 16

Juvenile courts

Answer 16

court with jurisdiction over minors

Question 17

M’naghten test

Answer 17

Test that determines whether a person can determine right from wrong

Question 18

Irresistible impulse test

Answer 18

Defendant could not control actions

Question 19

Substantial capacity test

Answer 19

Defendant did not have mental capacity for intnet

Question 20

Intoxication defnese

Answer 20

Defendant lacked substantial capacity due to alcohol consumption

Question 21

Void for vagueness

Answer 21

Law nullified due to vagueness

Question 22

Overbreadth

Answer 22

Law that prohibits a behavior in such a way that it infringes on constitutional rights

Question 23

Exigent circumstance

Answer 23

Situation where immediate, severe action was necessary to avoid severe personal/property injuries

Question 24

Custodial interrogation

Answer 24

when suspect’s movement is restricted without a formal arrest

Question 25

Personal recognizance bond

Answer 25

Pretrial release of a defendant from jail or arrest without bail

Question 26

Indictment

Answer 26

Formal accusation of a crime

Question 27

Inculpatory evidence

Answer 27

Evidence showing a person’s involvement in an illegal activity

Question 28

Exculpatory evidence

Answer 28

Evidence favorable to the defendant in a criminal trial that clears the defendant of guilt

Question 29

Motion to supress

Answer 29

Formal request to a judge that certain information be excluded from consideration