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25 Cards in this Set
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state of mind
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what you are thinking, guilty state of mind, purposely commit the crime
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motive
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reason person commits a crime
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strict liability
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legal responsibility for damage or injury even if not your fault
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principal
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person who commits crime
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elements
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conditions that make an act unlawful
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accomplice
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someone who voluntarily helps another person commit the crime
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accessory before the fact
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one who encourages, orders, or helps plan a crime
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accessory after the fact
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someone who, knowing a crime had been committed, helps conceal the crime or the criminal
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crime of omission
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failing to perform an act required by criminal law
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conspiracy
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an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime along with an act done tho begin the crime
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attempt
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effort to commit a crime that goes beyond more preparation but does not result in the commission of the crime
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misprision of felony
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federal crime, punishable up to three years in prison, not providing government with info a person knows regarding the commission of another crime
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overt
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open, clear ( an overt act in criminal law is more than preparation to do something, first step to committing crime
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solicitation
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act of requesting or strongly urging someone to do something. if the request is to do something illegal, considered a crime
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guilty state of mind
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done intentionally, knowingly, or willfully
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what type of offense not require quilty state of mind
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mere carelessness, liability
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2 examples of strict liability offenses
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1. law makes a strict liability crime to sell alcohol to minors, true regardless of info whether underaged or not
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difference of burglary and robbery
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burglary- breaking and entering a building with intention of committing felony
robbery- violent, unlawful taking of property from a persons immediate possession by force or threat |
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felony
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prison, serious crimes
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misdemeanor
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any crime, prison one year or less
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how crime can be both criminal and civil wrong
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not paying taxes
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4 crimes state court trials
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1. assault
2. disorderly conduct 3. drunk driving 4. shoplifting |
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4 crimes federal court
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1. failure to pay federal taxes
2. mail fraud 3. espionage 4. international smuggling |
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2 exceptions to state crimes that occur in federal court
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1. illegal possession of dangerous drugs
2. bank robbery |
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relationship of overt and convulsion
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look at definitions
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