Essential elements of a crime

Question 1

Act

Answer 1

Act must be a voluntary act, not conduct which is not the product of your own volition; reflexive or convulsive; act performed while unconscious or asleep

Question 2

Mental state: specific intent crimes

Answer 2

students can always fake a laugh, even for ridiculous bar facts

solicitation
conspiracy
attempt
first degree murder
assault
larceny
embezzlement
false pretenses
robbery
burglary
forgery

Question 3

Mental state: specific intent crimes: additional defenses

Answer 3

voluntary intoxication

unreasonable mistake of fact

Question 4

Mental state: malice crimes

Answer 4

murder and arson

Question 5

Mental state: malice crime mental state

Answer 5

reckless disregard of an obvious high risk that harmful result will occur

Question 6

Mental state: general intent mental state

Answer 6

awareness of factors constituting crime

awareness of acting in proscribed manner

just doing the ACT is enough

Question 7

Mental state: common general intent crimes

Answer 7

rape, battery, false imprisonment

Question 8

Mental state: MPC: When does one act “purposely”?

Answer 8

when it is his conscious objective to engage in certain conduct or cause a certain result

Question 9

Mental state: MPC: When does one act “knowingly”?

Answer 9

when he is aware that his conduct will very likely cause the result

Question 10

Mental state: MPC: When does one act “recklessly”?

Answer 10

when he consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk

Question 11

Mental state: MPC: When does one act “negligently”?

Answer 11

when he fails to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk