Exam 4: Elements of Crimes and Parties to Crimes

Which of the following laws does NOT define a specific-intent crime?

The Model Penal Code classifies culpable mental states in descending order as purpose, knowledge, recklessness, and _________.

The law recognizes two classes of possession: actual possession, where a person has something under direct physical control; and _____________, where a person has the power and intention to control something either directly or through another person.

Many modern mala prohibita crimes are ________ offenses.

General intent refers to an actor's mental purpose to accomplish a particular result beyond the act itself.

At common law, crimes were classified as requiring either general intent or ________.

The fact that a statute is silent on the matter of criminal intent does not necessarily mean that it defines a ____________ offense.

Modern criminal law has largely abolished the distinction between principals and ______________________.

In most instances a prosecutor must establish the defendant's criminal intent as well as the commission of a prohibited act.

The Latin term _________ means "the act of a criminal."

Discuss the rationale for the modern judicial development of strict liability offenses.Mention some specific strict liability offenses.

General intent exists when from the surrounding circumstances, the prohibited result may reasonably be expected to follow from the offender's ___________, irrespective of a subjective desire to have accomplished such result.

Distinguish between the concepts of motive and intent in the criminal law.

Even though the common-law distinction between principals and accessories before the fact has been largely abolished, the concept of ________ as a separate offense has been retained by many jurisdictions.

Certain offenses, known as strict liability crimes, are exceptions to the common-law concept of requiring proof of a defendant's _______________.

The one indispensable element of a crime is the _________.

A person cannot be held criminally liable for a (an) __________.

Where a crime requires only proof of a ____ intent, the fact finder (i.e., the judge or jury) may infer the defendant's intent from circumstances surrounding the commission of the criminal act.

Most likely, Ms.Wannabe is:

A person who has the power and intention to control something either directly or through another person is said to be in ____________ possession of that thing.