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Crim Law: Crimes Involving Property Flashcards

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Crimes involving property

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Larceny, Embezzlement, False pretenses

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Larceny

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AR: Taking away another’s property by trespass (w/o valid consent)
MR: Intent to Permanently Deprive

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Embezzlement

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AR: Conversion of property held in trust
MR: Intent to defraud

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False Pretenses

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AR: Taking title to property by misrepresentation (about present or past fact)
MR: Intent to defraud

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Larceny v. Embezzlement

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Difference: Possession

  1. larceny - owner originally in possession
  2. Embezzlement: criminal originally in possession
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Larceny Tips:

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  1. Brief dispossession suffices
  2. Thief doesn’t have to keep
  3. Person property.
  4. Title not given (compared with false pretenses)
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Bertie’s maid steals ring from safe. What is the crime?

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Larceny

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Bertie’s broker diverts deposits to charity. What is the crime?

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Embezzlement

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Bertie gives mistress his yacht after she falsely claimed to have cancer. What is the crime?

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False Pretenses

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Bertie gives mistress his yacht after she falsely promises to marry him if he divorces. what is the crime?

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Nothing. Romantic promises not a crime.

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Bertie lends her car to a stranger claiming to be cop in hot pursuit. What is the crime?

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Larceny

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Bertie buys fake Picasso sold as real. What is the crime?

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False Pretenses

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Bertie sneaks into maid’s house tot ale watch he thought was his. What crime?

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Not larceny, but criminal trespassing.

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Robbery

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Larceny by force or threat of force
AR: taking another’s personal property from his or her presence by force or threat of force.
MR: with intent to permanently deprive (SI)

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Extortion

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AR: Seeking to obtain another’s property by future threat
MR: with Intent to permanently deprive (SI)

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Compare Extortion with Robbery

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  1. Victim’s presence is not necessary

2. Harm- need not be immediate or imminent

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Receiving Stolen Property

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AR: Receiving another’s personal property
MR: Knowledge it has been stolen, AND Intent to permanently deprive (SI)

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Forgery

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AR: Making or authoring a writing to make it false
MR: With intent to defraud (SI)

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Uttering

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AR: Offering as genuine a forged document
MR: with the Intent to defraud (SI)

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Malicious Mischief

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AR: Fmaging property of another
MR: Malice (>/recklessness)

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Burglary: Common Law

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AR: Breaking and entering dwelling of another at night.
MR: Intent to commit felony within (SI)
a. Breaking - any force, or by threat or force
b. Entering = any party of body, or any object for committing felony
c. dwelling = someone sleeps

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Burglary: Modern

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AR: Breaking any entering any structure of another at any time
MR: Intent to commit felony within (SI)

23
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At night, bertie gently opens unlocked door of Bingo’s home, enters, and steals wheelchair. Is this burglary?

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Common law: Yes

Modern: Yes

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At night, Bertie climbs through open window of Bingo’s home, enters, and steals wheelchair. Is this burglary?

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Common Law: NO

Modern Law: No – no force

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At night, Bertie shoots Bingo through closed window of his home. Is this burglary?

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Common Law: yes

Modern: Yes

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AT night, Bertie asks Bingo to let him in for a potty emergency. In actually, Bertie intended to steal medicines in the bathroom cabinet. is this burglary?

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Common Law: yes

Modern: Yes

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At night, Bertie asks bingo to let him in for a potty emergency. He’s sincere , but after potting, sees and steals medicine from cabinet. Is this burglary?

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Common law: No

Modern: No

28
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At lunch, Bertie opens unlocked door of boss’ office and takes iPad. Is this burglary?

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Common law: No

Modern: yes

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Arson - Common Law

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AR: Burning dwelling of another
MR: Malice (>/ recklessness)

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Arson - Modern

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AR: burning any structure
MR: Malice

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Jeeves torches the hotel where the bar exam would be given. Is this arson?

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Common law: Yes

Modern: Yes

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For good measure, Jeeves torches his old law school as well. Is this arson?

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Common law: NO

Modern: Yes

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Jeeves smokes during a break in the bar exam, and tosses the butt on the grass wihtut realizing it was still lit. The hotel burns down. It this arson?

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Common Law; NO

Modern: NO

34
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Jeeves burns down his own house for the insurance proceeds. Is this arson?

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Common law: NO—house burning.
Modern Law: Yes
** Houseburning under CL: maliciously burning own house in city, town, or so near other houses as to pose danger.

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Criminal Trespass

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AR: Entering or remaining on property without authorization
MR: Knowing not authorization

36
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Possession Offenses

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AR: Possession of a prohibited Item
MR: knowledge of possession of item (not that it is prohibited).
Actual: physically has item
Constructive: controls access to item
Joint; more than one person may possess item at same time,

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CAUSATION

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  1. Relevant for result crimes

2. Crimina liability requires BOTH actual cause and proximate cause

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Causation: Actual cause

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Cause in fact== BUT FOR d’s conduct prohibited result would not have occurred.
eg. Homicides–D’s conduct shortened victim’s life (by any amount of time).

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Causation: Proximate Cause

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Foreseeability. ie. natural and probable consequence of d’s conduct.
ie. Intervening acts may defeat proximate cause if sufficiently coincidental, free and independent or unforeseeable.

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Jeeves leaves Bertie, drunk, on side of highway. Another car hits and kills him. Is this proximate cause?

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Yes

41
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Jeeves leaves Bertie, Drunk, on side of highway. Lightening strikes and kills him. Is this proximate cause?

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No

42
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Jeeves leaves Bertie, drunk on side of highway. Serial killer picks him up and kills him.

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No

43
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Jeeves leaves Bertie, drunk, on side of highway. Another car hits him. Rushed to hospital, where negligent care kills him.

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Yes

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