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16 Cards in this Set
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ex post facto
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"after the fact" - if someone did something one day and it was illegal the next you cannot arrest them after the law becomes in effect
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responsibility for crime
1. entrapment (8) |
committing a crime that is gov induced
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responsibility for crime
2. self defense (8) |
use the same amt of force used on you and it must b the last possible option
(castle laws) |
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responsibility for crime
3. necessity (8) |
you had to commit the crime bc it was going to b worse if you did not
trying to prove is difficult |
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responsibility for crime
4. duress/ coercion |
being forced to commit crime against your will
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responsibility for crime
5. immaturity (8) |
defense of young age (7 or less)
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responsibilty for crime
6 mistake of fact (8) |
( it it not ignorance of the law)
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responsibilty for crime
7.. intoxication (8) |
tricked into consuming a substance w/o knowing
(not a defense) lower mens rea from specific intent to gen intent |
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responsibilty for crime
8. insanity (8) |
used in less than 1% and successful in about .9% of those times
(cj term) if successful= looney bin , no release until doc says so aka life |
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7 principles of criminal law
1. legality |
how good of a law is it?
prevents ex post facto |
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7 principles of criminal law
2. actus reus |
the actual criminal act
preform the act of omission or commission |
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7 principles of criminal law
3. harm |
act must cause harm to some legally protected value
( person, prop, object deemed valuable enuf to deserve protection) |
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7 principles of criminal law
4. causation |
must prove criminal act directly caused harm
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7 principles of criminal law
5. mens rea |
"guilty mind" intent to commit crime
necessary for legal responsibility for a criminal offense, crim act, as distinguished from innocent intent |
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7 principles of criminal law
6. concurrence |
to b considered a crime, the intent and the act must b present at the same time ( except speeding= strict liability offense)
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7 principles of criminal law
7. punishment |
must b provision in the law calling for punishment of those found guilty of violating the law
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