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22 Cards in this Set
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Ex Post Facto Laws
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Are laws written after the fact to punish an action that has already taken place.
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Statutory Laws
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Laws enacted by a legislative body and recorded in vaious state, county or municipal codes.
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Case Law
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Based on previous appellate court decisions.
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Judicial Review
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Protects the rights of the individual from unconstitutional legislation.
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Letter of Law
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Law is striclty applied in accordance with the literal meaning.
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Spirit of the law
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Law applied in accordnace with the intent of legislature, the promotion of fairness.
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Criminal Law
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Violations of criminal statutes.
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Civil Law
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Deals with noncriminal violations of the law or private wrongs.
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Tort
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Civil Wrong
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Redress
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To right a wrong.
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PC 15
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Crime or public offense as "an act committed or omitted in violation of a lawforbidding or commanding it."
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Elements of crime:
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basic facts that must be proven by the prosecution to sustain a conviction.
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PC 20
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In every crime or public offense there must exist a union, or joint operation of act and intent or criminal negligence.
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General Intent Crimes
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Intent that is presumed and doesnt have to be proven.
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Specific Intent crimes
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Intent that must be proven.
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Transferred Intent
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When an unlawful act affects a person other than, or in addition to, the person itwas intened to affect.
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Criminal Negligence
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A negligent act that is aggravated or reckless and constitutes indifference to the consequences.
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Felony
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crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment in state prison, death, or removal from office.
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Misdemeanor
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Crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment in a county jail.
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Wobbler
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Crime that can be either a felony or misdemeanor.
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Accesory
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Has knowledge that a felony was committed, harbors, aids, abets, advises or encourages another person in commission of any crime.
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Accomplice
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Is when the testimony connects the defendant with the commission of the offense.
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