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| Acts triggered by criminal intent |
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| Actus reus, mens rea, concurrence, causation, and harmful result, which are the basis for the elements of a crime the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt |
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| The parts of a crime that the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt, such as actus reus, mens rea, concurrence, causation, and bad result |
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| The criminal act or the physical element in criminal liability |
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| The "state of mind" the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt; criminal intent from an evil mind; the mental element in a crime, including purpose, knowledge, recklessness, and negligence |
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| Attendant circumstances element |
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| A circumstance connected to an act, an intent, and/or result required to make an act criminal |
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| The requirement that actus reus must join with mens rea to produce criminal conduct or that conduct must cause a harmful result |
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| Latin name for "body of the crime" |
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| Crimes requiring a criminal act triggered by criminal intent |
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| Serious crimes that include causing a criminal harm in addition to the conduct itself |
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| The requirement in law that intentions have to turn into criminal deeds to be punishable |
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| One-voluntary-act-is-enough |
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| Conduct that includes one voluntary act will satisfy actus reus requirement for criminal liability |
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| Who we are as opposed to what we do; a condition that's not an action can't substitute for action as an element in crime |
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| Take two forms: 1) mere failure to act or 2) failure to intervene in order to prevent a serious harm |
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| Another type of omission actus reus |
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| One type of omission actus reus |
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| Legal duty (in criminal omission) |
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| Liability only for duties imposed by contract, statute, or special relationships |
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| "Good Samaritan" doctrine |
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| Doctrine that imposes a legal duty to render or summon aid for imperiled strangers |
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| There's no legal duty to rescue or call for help to aid someone who's in danger even if helping poses no risk whatsoever to the potential rescuer |
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| Legal fiction (in actus reus) |
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| Treating as a fact something that's not a fact if there's a good reason for doing so |
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| Physical possession; on the possessor's person |
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| Legal possession or custody of an item or substance |
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| Awareness of physical possession |
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