Criminal Law

Question 1

Homicide needs a

Answer 1

dead body

Question 2

4 types of murder

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Intent to kill, intent to inflict serious bodily injury, felony murder, depraved heart murder

Question 3

Intent to kill requires

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Premeditation + Intent

Question 4

Intent to Inflict Serious Bodily Injury means there was intent to

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injure a person, not kill them

Question 5

Felony murder is

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death resulting from commission of a dangerous felony

Question 6

Dangerous felonies (BARRK)

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Burglary, Arson, Rape, Robbery, Kidnapping

Question 7

Depraved Heart Murder

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Does not have intent, It is the reckless (knew or should have known) disregard of human life

Question 8

2 types of manslaughter

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Voluntary and Involuntary

Question 9

Voluntary manslaughter consists of

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adequate provocation that put you in the heat of passion and you had no time to cool off

Question 10

Involuntary manslaughter consists of

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negligent conduct that caused a killing

Question 11

Degrees of murder on the MBE

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Everything will be common law unless they give you a statute defining what the degrees include

Question 12

Inchoate Crimes include

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attempt, conspiracy, and solicitation

Question 13

Attempt is when

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you have the specific criminal intent to commit the crime and you commited some overt act or took a substantial step towards the commission

Question 14

Conspiracy is when

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two or more people agree to commit a crime

Question 15

For conspiracy, once there is an agreement ____

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both parties will always be guilty even if they never commut the crime

Question 16

• Co-Conspirator Rule

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once there is a valid conspiracy, any crime committed by one conspirator, all other conspirators will be guilty of those crimes as long as those crimes are in furtherance of the conspiracy.

Question 17

Withdrawal

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You can’t withdraw from the crime of the conspiracy BUT you can withdraw from other crime that flow from the conspiracy as long as you give notice to co-conspirator or the police prior to the crime being committed.

Question 18

Solicitation

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to encourage, entice, motivate another person to commit a crime with the specific intent that they actually commit that crime

Question 19

Specific Intent Crimes

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Burglary, Larceny, Robbery, Assault, Larceny by Trick, False Pretenses, Embezzlement, Accomplice Liability/Accessory before the fact, Accessory after the fact

Question 20

Burglary is a

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breaking and entering a dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony

Question 21

Entering is

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any part of your body entering the threshhold

Question 22

Larceny is

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Trespassory Taking away of personal property w/intent to permanently deprive

Question 23

Robbery is

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Intentionally taking personal property with FORCE/fear/intimidation

Question 24

Assault is

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Intent to commit a battery OR place another in Imminent apprehension

Question 25

Larceny by trick is

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obtaining POSESSION of the property of another by misrepresenting of fact (trick)

Question 26

False pretenses is

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Obtaining TITLE by misrepresenting of fact

Question 27

Embezzlement is

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when you initially in possession with permission and then convert it to your own use

Question 28

Accomplice Liability/Accessory Before the Fact is

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when you aid, abet, help someone achieve the crime

Question 29

Accessory After the Fact is

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when you know of completed crime and do something to stop/ evade arrest or conviction

Question 30

General Intent Crimes

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Battery, Arson, Rape, Kidnapping

Question 31

Battery is

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the unlawful application of force (don’t need intent @ common law)

Question 32

Arson is

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MALICIOUS burning of the dwelling of another. Malicious means reckless aka knew or should’ve known

Question 33

Defenses

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Intoxication, Insanity, Mistake, Legal Impossibility, Factual Impossibility

Question 34

Intoxication applies to

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specific intent crimes because it negates your intent

Question 35

Insanity rule on MBE

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mental disease means that you can’t appreciate the nature or quality of what you were doing. You do not know it is wrong/criminal (basically M’Naughten)

Question 36

Mistake

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Any mistake will be a defense for specific intent crimes. For general intent crimes, the mistake must be reasonable

Question 37

Legal impossibility is

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always a defense. It means no matter what you did, it did not amount to a crime

Question 38

Factual Impossibility is

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when the facts were not what you thought, but you still committed the crime. This is never a defense (?)