Felony - ANSCrime punishable by by death or imprisonment
6th Amendment - ANSSpeedy trial (courts and trials)
Reasonable Suspicion - ANSGives the officer the right to frisk the suspect for a weapon
Substantial Capacity Test - ANS1. In the substantial capacity test, defendants have to lack
substantial, not complete, mental capacity.
2. The substantial capacity test emphasizes both of the qualities in insanity that affect
culpability—reason and will.
3. The MPC's definition of mental disease or defect excludes psychopathic personalities,
habitual criminals, and antisocial personalities from the insanity defense
Formen Vs. Georgia - ANSDeals with he 8th amendment (cruel and unusual punishment) The
court said it was cruel and unusual punishment to sentence them to death.
Toxicology - ANSChecking for poison or overdosing
Latent Fingerprinting - ANSUses carbon to lift the fingerprint
4th Amendment - ANSSearch and seizure
5th Amendment - ANSSelf incrimination
6th Amendment - ANSRight to a speedy trial
8th Amendment - ANSCruel and unusual punishment
14th Amendment - ANSNo matter your citizenship status you have the same rights as everyone
else.
General Deterrence - ANSTo keep the public from committing a crime, future criminal behavior
Edward Sutherland - ANSDifferential Association Theory
Sherlock Holmes - ANSDeductive Reasoning
Immanuel Kant - ANSUtilitarianism
, Plain View Doctrine - ANSWhatever a police officer happens to see that is within view when the
officer has the right to be there
UCR (Uniform Crime report) - ANSGiven my FBI Crime list
Locard's Principal of exchange - ANSTaking of something and leaving something behind
(objects)
Drowning - ANSIsn't considered a manner of death
Actus Reus - ANSA guilty (prohibited) act.
Corpus Delecti - ANSThe body of circumstances that must exist for a criminal act to have
occurred. (Body of the crime)
M''Naghten rule - ANSA common law test of criminal responsibility derived from M''Naghten''s
Case in 1843 that relies on the defendant''s inability to distinguish right from wrong.
Mens Rea - ANSMental state, or intent. A wrongful mental state is as necessary as a wrongful
act to establish criminal liability.
Stare Decisis - ANSA common law doctrine under which judges are obligated to follow the
precedents established under prior decisions.
Bill of Rights - ANSThe first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Case Law - ANSThe rules of law announced in court decisions. Case law includes the
aggregate of reported cases that interpret judicial precedents, statutes, regulations, and
constitutional provisions.
Common Law - ANSThe body of law developed from custom or judicial decisions in English and
U.S. courts and not attributable to a legislature.
Due Process Clause - ANSThe provisions of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the
Constitution that guarantee that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without
due process of law. Similar clauses are found in most state constitutions. (Packer)
Duress - ANSUnlawful pressure brought to bear on a person, causing the person to perform an
act that he or she would not otherwise perform.
Inchoate Crime - ANSConduct deemed criminal without actual harm being done, provided that
the harm that would have occurred is one the law tries to prevent.
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