Criminal Law: Chapter 3

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Actus Reus

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The physical component of a crime; the act that accompanies the intent

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Causation

Back 2

An element required to demonstrate that a person's conduct "causes" the harm proscribed by law

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Concurrence Principle

Back 3

A coexistence of two or more conditions for the elements of a crime or harm to be met

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Criminal Negligence

Back 4

Actions by an offender that demonstrate reckless disregard for another, and such action leads to injury or other harm

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Culpable Omissions

Back 5

Failure to act in a situation that results in harm to another

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Dependent intervening cause

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Refers to a condition that must be present for the incident to occur, and will not absolve a defendant of criminal liability

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General intent crimes

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Method of legal proof used in court that establishes that actions can indicate a criminal purpose (trespassing or breaking and entering)

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Good Samaritan laws

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Legal obligation in some jurisdictions to summon or render aid to others in distress

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Independent intervening cause

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Breaks the chain of causation and absolve the defendant of criminal liability

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Knowingly

Back 10

conscious; intentional; deliberate

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Mens Rea

Back 11

The mental factor necessary to prove criminality, including purpose, knowledge, recklessness, and negligence

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Negligently

Back 12

part of the model penal code

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Proximate cause

Back 13

An act from which an injury or event results as a direct, uninterrupted consequence, one that without the injury would not have occurred

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Purposely

Back 14

Intentionally; deliberately; with a particular purpose specified

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Recklessly

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Conscious disregard for the consequences of one's actions

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Specific Intent Crimes

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A special mental element required above and beyond any mental state required with respect to the acus reus of the crime

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Status

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Refers to one's condition as opposed to one's action; it is not illegal to be an alcoholic; but it is illegal to be intoxicated while driving

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Transferred Intent

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If an illegal act, although unintentional, results from the intent to commit a crime, that act is also considered in the case.

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Year-and-a-day-rule

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A limiting rule that assumes and assigns criminal responsibility to a defendant if a situation occurs within "a year and a day" of the commission of the crime that lead to the onset of the condition