Criminal Law - General

Question 1

Defenses (8)

Answer 1

1. Insanity
2. Voluntary Intoxication
3. Infancy
4. Mistake
5. Self Defense
6. Necessity
7. Duress
8. Entrapment

Question 2

Elements of a crime

Answer 2

(1) actus reus; (2) mens rea; (3) causation; and (4) concurrence

Question 3

Mental State - Specific Intent

Answer 3

Both the intent to do the act and to achieve a SPECIFIC RESULT

Question 4

4 General Intent Crime

Answer 4

1. Battery
2. False Imprisonment
3. Kidnapping
4. Forceable Rape

Question 5

Two defenses only for Specific Intent Crimes (other defenses but these two limited to SI Crimes)

Answer 5

Voluntary Intoxication and UNREASONABLE mistake of fact

Question 6

Mental State - Malice

Answer 6

Intentional or reckless disregard of an obvious or known risk

Crimes: Murder and Arson

Question 7

Mental State - General Intent

Answer 7

D must be generally aware. D does not need to intend specific result

Crimes: Battery, rape, false imprisonment, kidnapping

Question 8

Mental State - Strict Liability

Answer 8

No mental state - doing the act is enough

Question 9

MPC - “Negligence”

Answer 9

D should have been aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk (more than civil negligence)