quiz 2

Question 1

Accomplice

Answer 1

Someone who knowingly and willingly associates in the commission of a criminal offense and who intentionally assists another in the commission of a crime.

Question 2

Accomplice Liability

Answer 2

The accountability of one individual for the criminal act or acts of another.

Question 3

Aid and abet

Answer 3

To assist or facilitate a person in accomplishing a crime.

Question 4

Principal

Answer 4

One who is present at and participates in the crime charged or who procures an innocent agent to commit the crime.

Question 5

MPC

Answer 5

Model Penal Code functions as a model for the reform of principles of American criminal responsibility.

Question 6

Accessory

Answer 6

One who aids in the commission of a crime without being present when the crime is committed.

Question 7

Accessory before the fact

Answer 7

One who intentionally counsels, solicits, or commands another in the commission of a crime.

Question 8

Accessory after the fact

Answer 8

One who intentionally aids another who he or she knows has committed a felony, in order for the person assisted to avoid criminal prosecution and punishment.

Question 9

Affirmative acts

Answer 9

may be either physical assistance or psychological influence.

Question 10

Acts of omission

Answer 10

Failure to act to prevent another from committing a crime.

Question 11

Accountability

Answer 11

A person is guilty of an offense if it is committed by his own conduct, by the conduct of another person for which he is legally accountable, or both.

Question 12

Purpose

Answer 12

the mental state of intent, makes one liable as an accomplice.

Question 13

Criminal Facilitation

Answer 13

when an individual knowingly aids another but does not truly have a separate intent to aid in the commission of the underlying offense.

Question 14

Criminal Facilitation

Answer 14

when an individual knowingly aids another but does not truly have a separate intent to aid in the commission of the underlying offense.

Question 15

Agent provocateur (feigning accomplice)

Answer 15

Someone who intends for the principal to fail in his or her illegal venture and, because of this lack of causation, is not an accomplice.

Question 16

Entrapment

Answer 16

When officers or agents of the government, for the purpose of instituting a criminal prosecution against a person, induce an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime that he or she had not contemplated.

Question 17

Negligent Acts

Answer 17

Liability as an accomplice can also extend to negligent and reckless conduct on the part of the primary actor that results in a criminal offense.

Question 18

Innocent agent or instrumentality

Answer 18

An object, animal, or person who cannot be culpable under the law, such as an insane person or a child, that is used by a principal to commit a crime.

Question 19

Nonproxyable offense

Answer 19

A crime that can be committed only through the actor’s own conduct and cannot be committed by an agent.

Question 20

Conspiracy

Answer 20

A partnership in crime, defined as an agreement between two or more people to achieve a criminal purpose or to achieve a lawful purpose using unlawful means also called a common criminal enterprise.

Question 21

Agency theory

Answer 21

The theory that all conspirators act as the agents of (and represent) their co-conspirators involved in a criminal scheme and are liable for all criminal acts committed by any of their co-conspirators.

Question 22

Pinkerton doctrine

Answer 22

The doctrine that holds a person associated with a conspiracy responsible for any criminal act committed by a co-conspirator if the act is within the scope of the conspiracy and is a foreseeable result of the criminal scheme.