Exam 4: Criminal Law

Before a person may be charged with a crime it must first be established that a crime has been committed.This violation is called:

The state of mind that accompanies a criminal act is:

The Constitution prohibits the enactment of laws,which make acts committed before the laws in question were passed punishable as crimes.Ex __________ facto is the Latin term closely associated with this prohibition.

Procedural defenses make the claim that the defendant was in some manner discriminated against in the justice process or that some important aspect of official procedure was not properly followed.List and define four of these defenses while commenting on their good and bad points.

Which of the following would not be categorized as a felony?

Which of the following is a justification defense?

The U.S.Constitution prohibits the enactment of ________________ laws which makes acts committed before the laws in question were passed punishable as crimes.

What term expresses the belief that a society must be governed by established principles to maintain order?

Corpus delicti literally means "the body of the crime."

____________ force is the degree of force that is appropriate in a given situation and is not excessive.

A justification defense occurs when the defendant admits the crime,but claims it was necessary to do so to avoid a greater evil.

Prosecutorial Misconduct is an example of a _____________ defense.

By definition a criminal action requires actus reus,mens rea,and concurrence to occur.Define and gives examples of these three actions.

By definition the criminal act and the mental state occur together in order for a crime to take place.This is known as:

______________ is an improper or illegal inducement to crime by agents of law enforcement.

The M'Naghten rule is a rule for determining insanity,which asks whether the defendant knew what he or she was doing or whether or not the defendant knew that what he or she was doing was wrong.

Which of the following types of law occurs when public order is compromised for wrongs against society as a whole?

As defenses,justifications claim a kind of moral high ground.Justifications may be offered by people who find themselves forced to choose between "two evils." Generally speaking,conduct that a person believes is necessary to avoid harm to him or to another is justifiable if the harm he is trying to avoid is greater than the harm the law defining the offense seeks to avoid.Define and comment on three of the six categories that are applicable to this defense.Analyze their good and bad points.

Statutory law is the written,organized,and compiled form of the criminal laws of a jurisdiction.

Typically civil lawsuits seek: