Unit 3 Flashcards
Test review
Generally, if you are obeying the law you are not what?
Culpable
What amendment does not apply to civil law trials
5th amendment
When using physical or deadly force the threat must be what?
Imminent
How many people are in a civil law trial
6
You can use this when you’re life is in danger and no alternative exists
Deadly force
Jail time for misdemeanors is served where?
County jail
Criminal law trials have how many people on a jury
12
When using deadly force you must prove that it was your last option unless you are where?
Your own home
To prevent a crime where a person could be killed you may use this on the attacker.
Deadly force
This is needed to win a civil trial in NYS
5/6 of the jury
This is not a legal defense in ny
Ignorance of the law
If your life is in imminent danger and no alternative exists you may use this
Deadly force
A class A felony carries a minimum sentence of this?
15 years
This is the defense when one is forced to commit an illegal act
duress
This is the required mental state needed to be charged with a crime
Culpable
When police encourage you to commit an act you otherwise would not have committed, this is your defense
entrapment
the burden of proof is on the defense attorney when using this type of defense
insanity
what did the father do to the karate instructor who abducted his child
shot him dead
the NYS law allows a judge to sentence a criminal to life in prison upon there 3rd violent felony
Persistent offender law
To remove someone from your property you may use this
reasonable force
when police initiate an illegal act this is your defense
entrapment
you are considered an adult at this age
18
When you withdraw from a crime and try to stop you may use this as a defense
renunciation
