Criminal Law

Question 1

Depraved Heart Murder

Answer 1

An unintentional killing resulting from conduct involving an wanton indifference to human life and conscious disregard of an unreasonable risk of death or serious bodily injury

Question 2

First degree murder

Answer 2

intent to kill murder accompanied by premeditation, deliberation, or a murder committed while in the commission of BARRK felonies (burglary, arson, rape, robbery, kidnapping)

Question 3

Voluntary manslaughter

Answer 3

an intentional killing mitigated by adequate provocation or other circumstances negating malice aforethought

Question 4

Accomplice Liability

Answer 4

giving assistance or encouragement, or failing to act where one has a legal duty to oppose the crime of another (actus reus) and purposefully intending to effectuate commission of the crime (mens rea)

Question 5

Solicitation

Answer 5

A defendant is guilty of solicitation at the moment they ask another person to commit a crime.

Question 6

General intent crimes

Answer 6

allow the requisite intent (mens rea) to be inferred from the act itself - evidence of intent independent of the crime is not required. If a defendant consciously and voluntarily committed the act, they will be deemed to have general intent.

Question 7

Voluntary intoxication defense

Answer 7

used only against specific intent crimes when it negates the requisite mental state necessary to commit that crime

Question 8

False imprisonment

Answer 8

the intentional, unlawful confinement of one person by another with no reasonable means of escape

Question 9

Reasonable force

Answer 9

Use of reasonable force is justified when an individual reasonably believes that their criminal conduct is necessary to avoid a greater harm