Unit 4: Criminal Law

Question 1

Guilty State of Mind

Answer 1

Act that must have been done intentionally.

Question 2

Motive

Answer 2

Reason behind doing something

Question 3

Crime Elements

Answer 3

• Premeditation
• Deliberation
• Malice

Question 4

Felony

Answer 4

A crime where the penalty is imprisonment for more than a year (for criminal trial).

Question 5

Misdemeanor

Answer 5

Less serious than Felony; a crime where the penalty is one year or less (in criminal trial).

Question 6

Principle

Answer 6

The person who commits the crime

Question 7

Accomplice

Answer 7

Someone who helps the principle commit the crime

Question 8

Accessory Before the Fact

Answer 8

Person who orders the crime/ helps the principle commit the crime but isn’t present when crime takes place.

Question 9

Accessory After the Fact

Answer 9

Person who knows that crime was committed, helps anyone involved with escape (can be charged with harboring fugitive).

Question 10

Crime of Omission

Answer 10

When a person gets in trouble for the failure to act (criminal law).

Question 11

Preliminary Crimes

Answer 11

When the intended crime is stopped before it can take place.

Question 12

Solicitation

Answer 12

When someone asks/ commands another person to commit a crime.

Question 13

Attempt

Answer 13

An attempt to commit a crime itself.

Question 14

Conspiracy

Answer 14

An agreement to commit a crime, involving 2 or more people.

Question 15

Overt Act

Answer 15

Open to the public