Jlaw Criminal Law Test

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An effort to commit a crime that goes beyond preparation but does not result in commission of crime.

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Attempt

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Act of requesting or strongly urging someone to do something.

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Solicitation

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To give evidence under oath

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Testify

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Criminal offense punishable by 1 year or less in prison

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misdemeanor

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the person who actually commits crime

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Principal

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The conditions that make an act unlawful

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Elements of Crime

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An act or failure to act that violates a law for which a penalty is set

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Crime

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The reason a person commits a crime

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Motive

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Serious criminal offense punishable by 1+ years in prison

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Felony

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What you are thinking

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State of Mind

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Federal crime punishable by up to three years in prison for not providing the gov't information a person knows regarding the commission of another crime

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Misprision Felony

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First legal document filed in a civil lawsuit

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Affidavit

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Strategy whereby community works with local police

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Community policing

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One who, knowing a crime has been committed, helps conceal the crime or the criminal

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Accessory after the Fact

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The legal responsibility for damage or injury even if you are not at fault.

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Strict Liability

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An unwritten agreement to submit to forms or interrogation or searches

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Implied consent law

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Imprisonment by the State

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Incarceration Rate

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Someone who voluntarily helps another person commit a crime

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Accomplice

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Failing to perform an act required by Criminal law

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Crime of Omission

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The act of restoring something to its owner.

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Restitution

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At least the first step in actually committing a crime

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Overt Act

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An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime along with an act done to begin the crime

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Conspiracy

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Unlawful pressure on a person to do something that he or she would not otherwise do

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Duress

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The deliberate taking of ones own life

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Suicide

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Unintentional manslaughter; but done during an unlawful act

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Involuntary Manslaughter

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The deliberate destruction or defacement of property

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Vandalism

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A federal crime in which the perpetrator uses force or intimidation to steal a car from a driver.

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Carjacking

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Sexual assault by someone known to the victim

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Acquaintance Rape

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The legal status of a person considered not yet legally responsible for his or her activities

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Infancy

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Recieving or buying property known or suspected to be stolen

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Receiving Stolen Property

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Murder planned in advance and done with malice or during commission of dangerous felony

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First Degree Murder

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Act of following. harrassing another person or causing them to fear death or injury

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Stalking

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the act of making a fake document or altering a real one with intent to commit fraud

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Forgery

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Causing death through negligent behavior

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Negligent homicide

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unlawful sexual intercourse; implies resistance and lack of consent

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Rape

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State of drunkenness or similar condition by use of drugs or alcohol

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Intoxication

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Breaking and entering a building with the intent to commit a felony

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Burglary

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A defense to a criminal charge that shows a just or lawful reason for the defendants conduct

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Necessity

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The killing of a person without malice or premeditation, but during the commission of an illegal act.

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Felony murder

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Intentional but not premeditated manslaughter resulting from heat of passion or diminished capacity of killer.

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Voluntary Manslaughter

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Murder that does not require malice or premeditation but is the result of a desire to inflict bodily harm

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Second Degree Murder

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Unlawful sexual intercourse with someone under the age of consent, even if that person is willing.

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Statutory Rape

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The act of hiding either knowledge or objects

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Concealment

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Defense raised by a criminal defendant stating that because of mental disease or defect, defendant is not responsible for crime

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Insanity Defense

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Offering someone a genuine document known to be fake

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Uttering

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An international threat, show of force, or movement that causes a reasonable fear of actual physical contact with another person

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Assault

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A form of larceny where items are taken from a store without the intention to pay

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Shoplifting

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Failure to exercise a reasonable amount of care in either doing or not doing something, resulting in harm or injury.

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Negligence

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The killing of another person

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Homicide

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The taking of money or property by a person who has been entrusted with it

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Embezzlement

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Deliberate intent to harm somebody

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Malice

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An act by law enforcement officials to persuade a person to commit a crime they would not otherwise have committed

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Entrapment

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Unlawful taking of a car by someone who intends to only use it temporarily

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Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle

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An excuse or plea that a person was somewhere else at the time a crime was being committed.

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Alibi

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Any intentional, unlawful physical contact inflicted on one person by another without consent

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Battery

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The unlawful taking of property from a person's immediate possession by force or threat of force

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Robbery

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The deliberate or malicious burning of property

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Arson

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Unlawful taking of another's property with intent to steal it

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Larceny

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Taking property illegally by force or threats of harm

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Extortion