Criminal Law

Criminal Law Principals

Justification Defenses

Inchoate Offenses

Capacity Defenses

Misc Defenses

Crimes Against the Person

Crimes Against Property

Maj Crimes & Requisite MR

Concurrence & Causation

MPC MR Std

Merger

Mens Rea (MR)

Accomplice Liability

Actus Reus (AR)

Transfer Intent Doctrine

Conspiracy

Co-Conspirator Liability & Withdrawal

Solicitation

Attempt

Rape

False Imprisonment & Kidnapping

Assault & Battery

Murder

Voluntary Manslaughter

Felony Murder (FM)

Involuntary Manslaughter

Statutory Modifications to CL-M

Receipt of Stolen Property

False Pretenses & Larceny by Trick

Embezzlement

Larceny

Forgery

Robbery & Extortion

Burglary

Arson

Intoxication

Infancy, Diminished Capacity, & Mental Deficiency at Trial

Insanity

Self-Defense

Defense of Dwelling or Other Property

Use of Force to Effectuate Arrest & Crime Prevention

Necessity, Duress, & Consent

Mistake of Law or Fact

Entrapment

Req for q crime

vol phy/bod act

Omission to act

Spec Rel

D creates peril

legal/K

Req w/AR at time of crime

Malice

Gen Intent

Specific Intent

Strict Liab

no MR req

Morality

Admin

Stat Rape

Reg

Knowingly

acts Recklessly

acts Negligently (Negligence)

acts Purposely

Conscious Obj

Certain Conduct

Certain Result

Aware Conduct

Particular Nature

Knows Conduct

necessarily or very likely

Particular Result

knows

Substantial & Unjustifiable Risk

Consciously Disregards

Fails to become aware

Substantial & Unjustifiable Risk

Strict Liability

Specific Intent

Malice

General Intent

Kidnapping

False Imprisonment

Rape

Battery

Assault

Burglary

First-degree Murder

Conspiracy

False Pretenses

Embezzlement

Forgery

Larceny & Robbery

Attempt

Solicitation

Common Law Murder (CL-M)

Arson

Reg Crimes

Admin Crimes

Morality Crimes

Statutory Rape

ex. Bigamy, Polygamy

Concurrence Req

Causation

MR & AR (same time)

Cause-in-Fact

Proximate

Superseding Factors

Intervening Acts

Attempt for intended vic

Resulting crime for actual vic

Inchoate Offenses

Lesser Included Offenses

Does NOT apply to Conspiracy

D cannot be convicted or targeted crime and lesser crime (e.g. FM)

Scope of Liability

Defenses & Exceptions

Req

Accessory after the fact

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