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Criminal Law I Flashcards

1
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Sexual assault by someone the victim knows

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Date Rape

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2
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Putting someone to death who is terminally ill

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Euthanasia

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3
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When someone violates the law

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Crime

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4
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When someone is held criminally responsible for failing to act when they could/should have

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Failure to Act (Crimes of Omission)

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5
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The person that commits the crime

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Principle

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When a person prepares to commit a crime, and then takes some actual steps toward the commisson of the crime, but fails to complete the crime

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Attempt

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7
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When a person did not mean to commit a crime, then it could be argued that they did not have this

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Criminal Intent

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8
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The reason why a person commits a crime

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Motive

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9
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The factors or specific types of conditions that make certain activity criminal

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Elements

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10
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When two or more people agree to commit a crime together

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Conspiracy

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11
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Having the intent to kill someone

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Malice

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12
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Sexual intercourse with a person who has no reached the legal age of consent

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Statatory Rape

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13
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These crimes do not require criminal intent

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Strict Liability

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14
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The attempt to carry out a physical attack on another person

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Assault

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15
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When a person pressures or demands another to commit a crime for them

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Solicitation

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16
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Unlawful physcial contact inflicted on another without permission

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Battery

17
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The automatic loss of license when refusing a breathlyzer

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Implied Consent Law

18
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Classifies drugs into five groups depending on
1. Medical use
2. Potential for abuse
3. Capability to create physical and psychological addiction

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Controlled Substances Act

19
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  1. Principle
  2. Accomplice
  3. Accessory Before the Fact
  4. Accessory After the Fact
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Four parties to a crime

20
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  1. Solicitation
  2. Attempt
  3. Conspiracy
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Preliminary Crimes

21
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Enhancing penalities for OUI’s to target repeat offenders

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Melanie’s Law

22
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A killing that is premeditated, deliberate and done with malice

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First degree murder

23
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A killing that takes place during a felony

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Felony murder

24
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A killing with malice but without premeditation

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Second degree murder

25
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Intentional killing committed under circumstances that lessen but not justify the killing; allows for a reasonable person to lose control

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Non-criminal homicide

26
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Unintentional killing resulting from reckless conduct which caused death

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Involuntary manslaughter

27
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Causing a death through criminal negligence

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Negligant homiicde

28
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Killing done with malice

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Criminal homicide

29
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A killing that is excusable or justifiable

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Non-criminal homicide

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