Exam 5: Incomplete Crimes

The MPC uses the ________ test,which requires that the suspect must have done or omitted to do something that constitutes an important and sizable stage in the commission of the substantive offense.

One of the basic principles of Anglo-American criminal law is that the law does not punish people for their actions.

The crime of ________ is said to exist as a necessary and important aid to law enforcement because secret enterprises threaten society and are extremely difficult to detect.

__________ is an application of the principle of legality that exists when the law does not define the goal of the defendant as criminal.

Abandonment is a valid defense when

Under the ________ test,a suspect who has not yet gained control over a necessary instrumentality of the criminal plan cannot be guilty of attempt.

Under the MPC,the intent requirement can be met even though a defendant may not have desired or wanted a particular result,if it can be shown that the defendant acted with

Which of the following is a defense used when a person's intended end constitutes a crime,but the actor does not complete the act that would have been a crime because of circumstances unknown to him or her or beyond his or her control?

Factual impossibility is not a defense to the crime of attempt.

Under the ________ test,the perpetrator need not have advanced so far as the last act,and an attempt has not been committed unless the accused has the immediate power to actually carry through with the crime at the time of the intervention of the police.

A defendant may not succeed in completing a crime and will not be liable for the attempted crime if

Cases of "hybrid" legal impossibility occur when

Name and define three of the tests that have been used or are used to define the crime of intent.

The MPC gives several examples of conduct in your textbook that would that would be considered a substantial step toward the commission of a crime.Name four of these.

A person does NOT have to __________ in order to find that person guilty of committing a crime according to the MPC.

Only after the _______ of a criminal act is a person is liable for criminal punishment under Anglo-American law.

Which of the following is an agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act or acts or to do a lawful act unlawfully?

The general intent requirement for attempted crimes makes sense,because the concept of attempt encompasses the idea that a person is trying to commit a specific act.

It has been said that the only difference between the man who attempts and fails and another who attempts and succeeds may be chance.

It is generally accepted that a defendant cannot be held liable for an attempt unless he or she has committed