Tips for Criminal Law Students

Question 1

939.12 Crime defined

Answer 1

Conduct which is prohibited by state law and punishable by fine or imprisonment or both. Conduct punishable only by forfeiture is not a crime.

Question 2

Standard of Proof in a civil case:

Answer 2

“Preponderance of Evidence”

Question 3

Standard of Proof for an arrest:

Answer 3

“Probable Cause”

Question 4

Standard of Proof in a criminal case:

Answer 4

“Beyond a Reasonable Doubt”

Question 5

What are required in criminal cases?

Answer 5

Quantums of Proof or Standards of Proof

Question 6

939.05 Parties to crime

Answer 6

Whoever is concerned in the commission of a crime is a principal and may be charged with and convicted of the commission of the crime although the person did not directly commit it…The penalty is the same as for the completed crime.

Question 7

Three Inchoate or Preliminary Crimes:

Answer 7

A type of crime completed by taking a punishable step towards the commission of another crime.

• 939.30 Solicitation
• 939.31 Conspiracy
• 939.32 Attempt