General Principles

Question 1

Specific Intent Crimes

Answer 1

D must have subjective desire, specific objective, or knowledge to accomplish prohibited result

FIAT:
1) First-degree murder
2) Inchoate offenses
3) Assault with intent to commit battery
4) Theft offenses

Question 2

Malice Crimes

Answer 2

Reckless disregard for a high risk of harm; intent can be inferred from accomplishment of the act

Murder
Arson

Question 3

General Intent Crimes

Answer 3

Requires intent to perform an unlawful act

Bad Kids Run Free:

Battery
Kidnapping
Rape
False Imprisonment

Question 4

Strict Liability Crimes

Answer 4

No mens rea required

Statutory rape
Bigamy
Regulation of food/drugs

Question 5

Principal

Answer 5

Person whose acts or omissions are the actus reus of the crime – must be present

Question 6

Accessory Before the Fact

Answer 6

Accomplice who is neither physically nor constructively present at crime but who possesses intent

To withdraw: repudiate aid, countermand assistance before crime is in motion

Question 7

Accessory After the Fact

Answer 7

Aids or assists a felon to avoid apprehension or conviction after commission of felony

Must know a felony was committed

Question 8

Insanity - M’Naghten

Answer 8

D did not know either 1) the nature and quality of the act, or 2) the wrongfulness of the act, because of a defect of reason due to mental disease

Question 9

Intoxication

Answer 9

Voluntary - defense to SI crimes if intent required not formed

Involuntary - defense when intoxication negates general intent