Criminal Law Quiz 4

Question 1

Under common law, persons who actually committed a crime were called…

Answer 1

Principals in the first degree

Question 2

Under common law, persons present when a crime was committed and who helped commit it were called…

Answer 2

Principals in the second degree

Question 3

Under common law, persons not present when the crime is committed, but who help commit it, are called…

Answer 3

Accessories before the fact

Question 4

Under common law, persons who helped after the crime is committed are called…

Answer 4

Accessories after the fact

Question 5

Today under the modern rule, there are ____ parties to criminal complicity.

Answer 5

2

Question 6

The 2 parties to criminal complicity…

Answer 6

Accessory and accomplice

Question 7

All participants before and during the commission of a crime are prosecuted for the ______ itself.

Answer 7

Crime

Question 8

_________ is an agreement to commit some other crime.

Answer 8

Conspiracy

Question 9

The rule that the crime of ______ and the crime the individuals agree to commit are separate offenses known as the ______ rule.

Answer 9

Conspiracy, Pinkerton

Question 10

______ presence at a crime isn’t accomplice actus reus.

Answer 10

Mere

Question 11

Words can qualify as accomplice actus reus, if they…

Answer 11

Encourage and approve the commission of the crime

Question 12

_______ liability is imposed for someone else’s acts.

Answer 12

Vicarious

Question 13

Parent responsibility statutes are based on parents’ acts and…

Answer 13

Omissions

Question 14

Criminal ________ are trying but failing to commit crimes.

Answer 14

Attempts

Question 15

The word _______ comes from the Latin and means “to begin”.

Answer 15

Inchoate

Question 16

The vast majority of current criminal codes have adopted what test’s language regarding attempt actus reus?

Answer 16

The MPC “substantial steps” test

Question 17

Regarding attempt actus reus, which test asks whether defendants have come “dangerously close” to completing the crime?

Answer 17

The dangerous proximity to success test

Question 18

What is the name of the Model Penal Code test of attempt actus reus?

Answer 18

The substantial steps test

Question 19

What has occurred when actors intend to commit crimes, and do everything they can to carry out their criminal intent, but the criminal law doesn’t ban what they did?

Answer 19

A legal impossibility

Question 20

A _______ impossibility occurs when actors intend to commit a crime and try to but some fact of circumstance - an extraneous factor - interrupts them to prevent the completion of the crime.

Answer 20

Factual

Question 21

Defendants who voluntarily and completely renounce their criminal purpose can avoid criminal liability in most states by raising the defense of ________.

Answer 21

Abandonment

Question 22

________ impossibility is NOT a defense to an attempt crime.

Answer 22

Factual

Question 23

Conspiracy actus reus consists of 2 parts. What are they?

Answer 23

Overt and agreement

Question 24

Conspiracy is a ________ intent crime.

Answer 24

Specific