Criminal Law Chapter 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mens Rea | wrongful state of mind |
| actus reus | an act by the defendent that results in prohibited harm to society |
| deliberate bodily movement | and affermintive action consciously taken by the defendent; distinguished form and unconscious or reflexive act |
| omission | the faliure to act when the law imposes a duty or act |
| overt act for conspiracy | an act committed in furtherance of a conspiracy |
| overt act for an attempted crime | a substantail step toward commision of the intended offense |
| mere prepparation | attempted crimes require that the defendant move beyond preparation and begin consummation of the offense |
| specific intent | the defendant subjectively intends of desires to bring about the prohibited social harm |
| wanton state of mind | extremely reckless disregard of the saftey of others, or of other prohibited consequences |
| willful state of mind | actual knowledge of the threat to anothers saftey, or of other prohibited consequences |
| reasonably prudent person standard | measures the defendants actual conduct against that of a reasonably prudent person under the same similar circumstances |
| simple or civil negligence | occurs when a person fails to act as a reasonably prudent person under the circumstances |
| recklessness (criminal negligence) | the defendents deviation from reasonable conduct is excessive, or more than simple (non criminal) negligence |
| strict liability crimes | defendent commits an act that causes a prohibited harm, regardless of the defendants state of mind. |
| motive | a reason a person does something |
| factual cause | prohibited harm would not have occured when it did in the absence of the defendents conduct |
| legal causation | one of the factual causes identified as the legal significant act that warrants conviction and punishment |
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