Quiz 2-Final Exam Review Flashcards
A defense to a charge of attempted criminal activity that claims the defendant could not have actually or legally committed the envisioned offense even if she had been able to carry through the attempt to do so in the defense of:
impossibility
The logical/legal requirement that a conspiracy must involve 2 or more parties is known as the:
plurality agreement
The 2 main types of defenses discussed in class were:
factual and legal
A person whose acts directly resulted in the criminal conduct in question as discussed in class is the
principal first degree
Consent is what type of defense?
justification defense
A rule that says a person can only defend a third party under circumstances and only the degree that the third could act is known as the:
alter-ego rule
An exception to the retreat rule that recognizes a person’s fundamental rights to be in his or her own home and also recognizes the home as a final and inviolable place of retreat as discussed in class is known as:
castle exception
The Durham Rule is known as the:
Product Rule
Lack of knowledge of some fact relating to a situation at hand is known as:
ignorance of fact
Lying in wait, unlawful entry of a structure with intent to commit a crime, possessing materials to be employed in a crime and reconnoitering a place contemplated for the commission of a crime are examples of:
substantial steps
Criminal liability placed on one party for the acts of another is known as:
vicarious liability
The 2 forms of legal defenses discussed in class were:
justifications and excuses
An answer to a criminal charge in which the defendant takes the offensive and responds to the allegations with his/her own assertions based on legal principles is known as:
affirmative defense
Defense that is built on the assertion that, had it not been for government instigation, no crime would have occurred is known as:
entrapment
A complex of signs and symptoms presenting a clinical picture of a disease or disorder discussed in class is known as a:
syndrome
NGRI stands for:
Not guilty by reason of insanity
A legal test popular in England during the late 19th century which was abandoned amidst charges that the test made it impossible for law enforcement to prevent commission of a substantive crime is known as the:
last act test
The 3 main elements for the crime of conspiracy are 1. an agreement between 2 or more people 2. the intention to carry out an at that is unlawful or one that is lawful but i to be accomplished by unlawful means 3. a culpable intent on the part of the defendants: true/false
true
A person who is present at the crime scene and who aided, abetted, counseled or encouraged the principal as discussed in class is known as:
principle second degree
A justification defense is where the defendant claims that some personal condition or circumstance at the time of the act was such that he or she should not be held accountable under criminal law
false
The degree of blameworthiness of one who aids, abets, encourages or assists another person in the commission of a crime is called accomplice liability: true/false
true
An unfinished crime that generally leads to another crime is known as a:
inchoate crime
The encouraging, requesting or commanding another to commit a crime is known as
criminal solicitation
Most states have a “fleeing felon” rule: true/false
false