chapter 11 Flashcards
When using the defense that no crime was committed, it (does/does not) matter if you had criminal intent.
does not
A defendant (does/does not) have to provide a defense.
does not
In using intoxication as a successful defense, you may still be convicted of _____ _____.
a lesser offense
_____ and _____ can not be used as a defense in a homicide case.
Necessity; duress
_____ is a defense to a crime if you were threatened with bodily injury if you refuse to commit a crime.
Duress
Contents in “No Crime Has Been Committed”
- No criminal intent
- No criminal act was committed / elements of crime missing
Contents of Defendant Did Not Commit the Crime
- alibi
- mistaken identity/ use of DNA
The Defendant committed the crime, but it was excusable or jusitifiable
self defense, defense of others, defense of property
the defendant committed the crime but the defendant was not criminally responsible
duress, infancy, necessity, intoxiation, entrapment, insanity