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70 Cards in this Set

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Decina
epileptic driver
martin
public intoxication
newton
killing while unconscious
jones v. la
being homeless
pope v. state
statutory duty of care
jones v. us
status relationship
montoya and muro
causation v wouldve died anyways
acosta
two helicopter crash
brady
two plane crash putting out D's fire
arzon
two fires: d's conduct does have to be sole cause
kibbe
sufficient to prove cause if ultimate harm was forseen
actus reus
voluntary act or omission when there is legal duty
mens rea
purpose knowledge recklessness negligence
causation
but for cause + not too remote or accidental
murder
purpose knowledge or extreme recklessness
felony murder
extreme recklessness presumed if committing felony
Regina v. serne
act that is likely in itself to cause death done for purpose of committing felony which causes death is murder
State v. Canola
agency theory: killing must've been done by D or accomplice in furtehrance of felonies
Stamp
roximate cause: eggshell skull strictly liable for any deaths committed during felony
manslaughter
reckless or murder but EED
people v. hall
ski instructor reckless
Wlasnky
night club fire reckless
negligent homicide
negligence,
State v. Williams
indian baby dies
attempt
purposely engages in conduct that’s crime if circumstances were as believes them to be or purposely does or omits to cause result, or purposely does or omits a substantial step
Defense to attempt
abandonment of effort or preventing commision of crime and complete and voluntary renunciation of criminal purpose
No abandonment defense to attempt
Johnston and McNeal
Yes abandonment defense
Ross
Smallwood
no specific intent to murder HIV case no attempt
Hinkhouse
HIV case specific intent shown attempt
Girouard
provocation: words alone are insufficient rule based
Maher
standard based provocation msut be reasonable
Bordeaux
cooling time if long period between provocation and muder then cannot be defense
necessity
is truly lesser of two evils as determined objectively by judge/jury and no other exception or defense available but not available if actor was reckless or negligent in bringing situation and calculating necessity
Unger
no imminence requirement for necessity, expanded to prinson escape
Leno
direct civil disobedience determined not necessity defense
schoon
indirect civil disobedienece breaking a different law than one being challenged
mistakes
of fact if negates mens rea and of law if statute not known or published not available if had things been as he supposed
duress
if coerced by force, threat to use, unlawful force that a person of reasonable firmness in his situation would not be able to resist, not available if actor recklessly/negligently placed himself in situation in which it was probable that he would be subject to duress
Toscano
no imminence requirement for duresss
self defense and defense of others
if actor believes force is immediately necessary but not justifiable if actor provoked the use of harm in same interaction or knows he can avoid force also not abailable if belief is erroneous recklesss or negligent
self defense time framing
goetz v. zimmerman
norman
battered woman self defense requires imminence
stand your ground statutes
permit meeting force with force including deadly force even when retreat is possible if one believes it's necessary to use it to prevent death or great bodily harm
perfect v. imperfect self defense
reasonably v. honestly but unreasonably believed it was necessary
insanity
at time of criminal conduct he lacks substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality (cognitive disability) or lacks substantial capacity to conform his conduct to law (volitionaal incpacity)
Lyons
only accepts cognitive prong
m'naghten
adds volitional incapacity to insanity
durham
allows insanity defense whenever D's conduct was product of mental disease or defect
intoxication
if not self induced or is patholocical then affirmative defnese
complicity
acting with culpability causes innocent or irresponsible person to engage in conduct and person is accomplice when with purpose solicits, aids, agrees or attempts to aid, or has legal duty to prevent commission but fails to make proper effrots and for result crime must be accomplice and act with culpability regarding result
Analysis steps for result crime complicity
deterime P's responsibility, whether D solicited aided conduct with purpose, if conduct caused the result of the crime, and if S acted with culpability regarding the result
Cannot be accomplice
if victim, if conduct is inevitably incident or terminates complicity prior to commission and gives timely warning or makes proper efforts to prevent comission
Gladsotone
communication is insufficient to show aiding
Luparello
accomplice can be charged with ofense the principal is charged with as long as it was reasonably foreseeable; asks friends to get info from V at any cost
Roy
D told undercover cop to talk to K to buy firearm but K decides to rob cop but no accomplice liability for armed robbery bc unforseeable
conspiracy
with purpose he agrees to the conduct, attempt or solicitation or to aid in planning or committing crime , need overt act unless felony
scope of conspiracy
if conspirator knows that person hes conpiring with is also conpisring with another person then will be guilty of conspiring with other persons
defenses to conspiracy
renunciation if after conspiring thwarts the success of conspiracy under circumstances manifesting complete and voluntary renunciation of prupose
interstate circuit
tacit areement ok for conspiracy, movie theatre anti trust
lauria
intent can be inferred from knowledge although knowledge alone may be insufficient; phone answering service for prositutes
Pinkerton
every conspirator liable for any criminal offense committed by co-conspirator in furthernace of conspiracy or whats reasonably foreseeable
bridges
expands pinkerton to hold liable for things outside scope of conspiracy if foreseeable as natural consequence
alvarez
narrows pinkerton to charge only non minor conspirators
rusk
lightly chokes, takes keys, proof of force requird must show either resistence or prevention of resistence, focuses on victim's reasonable fear
depetrillo
psychological force doesn’t fulfill force requirement
mts
force inherent to sexual penetration and absence of affirmative consent is sufficient to show non consent
mistake of fact defense for frape
available if defendnat's error for consent was honest and reasonable
sherry
defense of mistake of fact not allowed bc mistake must be objectively reasonable woman taken to doctors home
fischer
not granted mistake of fact but available if reasonably but mistakenly believed that V was consenting to his sexual advances they could find him not guilty