White Collar Crime

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Felony

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A serious crime that is punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary.

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Criminal law

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Designed to punish an offender for causing harm to the public health, safety, or morals.

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Misdemeanor

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A crime less serious than a felony an punishable by fine or imprisonment in a local jail.

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Petty crime

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A minor crime punishable by fine or incarceration of no more than six months.

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Probable cause

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The reasonable inference from available facts and circumstances that the suspect committed the crime

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Miranda Rightz

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Certain legal right to remain silent to avoid self incrimination and the right to an attorney that a suspect must b immediately informed of upon arrest

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1st appearance

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Appearance of the defendant before a magistrate who determines whether there was probable cause for the arrest.

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Arraignment

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Formal appearance of defendant in court to answer the indictment by entering a plea of guilty or not not guilty

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Nolo contendere

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A plea of no contest that subjects the defendant to punishment but is not an admission of guilt.

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Plea bargaining

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The negotiation of an agreement btw the defendant’s attorney and the prosecutor, whereby the defendants pleads guilty to a certain charge or charges in exchange for the prosecution reducing the charges

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Entrapment

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An affirmative defense claiming that the idea for the crime did not originate w/ defendant but was put into the defendants mind by a police officer or other government official

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Insanity defense

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Claiming that the defendants mental condition precluded him or her from understanding the wrongful nature of the act committed or from distinguishing wrong from right in general

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Duress defense

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Claiming defendant was forced to commit the wrongful act by threat of immediate bodily harm or loss of life

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Mistake of fact defense

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An affirmative defense claiming that a mistake made by the defendant vitiates criminal intent.

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White-crime crime

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A crime committed in a commercial context by a member of the prof-managerial class

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Strict liability offense

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An offense for which no state of mind or intent is required

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Criminal fraud

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Intentional use of some sort of misrepresentation to gain an advantage over another party

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Larceny

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The secretive taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with intent to permanently deprive the rightful owner of its use or possession.

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Embezzlement

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Conversion of property of another by one who is lawfully in possession of that property.