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CHAPTERS1-4, NOTES, TX PENAL CODE, & U.S S. COURT CASES
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 2
05/02/2012

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PERSON PROPSING THE MOTION
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PROPONENT/MOVENT
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PERSON OPPOSING THE MOTION
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OPPONENT/NONMOVANT
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FORBIDDEN, MURDER
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PROSCRIBED
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STATUTES, CRIMES

(EVIL OF ITSELF)

Definition
MALAINSE
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PROSTITUTION, GAMBLING

& DRUG LAWS

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MALA PROHIBITA
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TPC
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TEXAS PENAL CODE
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DEALS WITH DEFINITIONS OF CRIMINAL OFFENSE, THE ELEMENTS OF THAT CRIME & THE PENALTIES THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS FIXED FOR THAT CRIME.
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SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW
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"WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST!"
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LAW OF THE SEA
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A LAW THAT IS STILL ON THE BOOK, BUT NOONE USES THAT LAW ANYMORE TO PROSICUTE.
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DESITUDE
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THE CRIMINAL INTENT TO COMMIT A CRIME
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MENSREA
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MPC
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MODEL PENAL CODE
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COMMON LAW, ____&______ COME FROM THE ENGLISH
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RULES & REGULATIONS
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ABSENT FROM JURISDICTION
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IN ABSENTIA
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SURVIVAL OF THE FITEST
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SOCIAL DARWINISM
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THE EVIL ACT ITSELF
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ACTUS REUS
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EVERY ___ JURISDICTION WITHOUT EXCEPTION HAS ADOPTED SOME FORM OF THE _____ DEFENSE IN _____ JURIS PUSENCE DEALING WITH THE _______ OF LAW.
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AMERICAN, NECESSITY, PHILOSOPHY
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EVIL INTENTION
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MENS REA
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MANY LEGAL COMINTATERS HAVE SAID:
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THERE IS NO LAW OF HUMAN JETTISON
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THE DEBRI OR CAST AWAY
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JETTISON
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GREAT JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT,
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CARDOZO
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?WHAT CASE?

 

FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS A LIMITATION OF CRIMINAL LAW UNDER CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS

Definition
TEXAS V. JOHNSON
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CONSTITUTION OF TX FORBIDS...
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EX POST FACTO LAWS
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LAWS AFTER THE FACT
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EX POST FACTO LAWS
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LAWS THAT ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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RETROACTIVE LAWS
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AN ACT THAT IS VIEWED AS A FELONY IN ONE STATE MAY BE ____ AS A ______ IN ANOTHER.
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CLASSIFIED, MISDEMEANOR
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CRIMES THAT ARE CLASSIFIED REFERING TO ACTS THAT ARE BASE, VILE, AND IMMORAL.
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MORAL TURPITUDE
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IF THE STATUTE DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT UNDERSTANDING FOR A PERSON TO KNOW WHAT IS FORBIDDEN OR REQUIRED IS CONSIDERED....
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VAGUE
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1926 U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION DEFINED THE VAGUENES CONCEPT AS OCCURING WHEN....

 

Definition
A LAW IS DEFINED IN SUCH TERMS THAT PEOPLE "OF COMMON INTELLIGENCE MUST NECESSARILY GUESS AT ITS MEANING AND DIFFER AS TO ITS APPLICATION."
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"NO ___ OF _____/___POST____ LAW SHALL BE PASSED"
Definition
BILL OF ATTAINDER/ EX POST FACTO
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DOCTRINE THAT INTERPRETED TO MEAN THAT ALTHOUGH A STATE MAY CHANGE IT STATUTES OR REGULATIONS TO BENEFIT A SPECIFIC PERSON, IT MAY NOT DO SO TO IMPOSE PUNISHMENT THAT DID NOT EXIST AT THE TIME AN ACT WAS COMMITED/TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR THAT ACT.
Definition
EX POST FACTO LAWS
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"LEGISLATIVE ACT WHICH INFLICTS PUNISHMENT WITHOUT JUDICAL TRIAL"
Definition
BILL OF ATTAINDER
Term

?WHAT YEAR?

A STATUTE PROVIDING FOR GOVERNMENTAL CUSTODY OF PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON'S PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS UPHELD. THE STATUTE DEALT WITH THE PRESERVATION OF THOSE MATERIALS & WAS NOT CONSIDERED BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO BE PUNITIVE. ALTHOUGH NIXON WAS AN IDENTIFIABLE PERSON, THE STATUTE DID NOT CONSTITUTE A BILL OF ATTAINDER.

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1977
Term
UNDER COMMON LAW, THE ACCUSED _____ BE TRIED UNLESS THE REPEAL OR AMENDMENT HAD A "_____" PROVISION THAT IMPLIED A LEGISLATIVE INTENT ___ TO ELIMINATE PROSECUTIONS OF PREVIOUS OFFENSES.
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COULD NOT, SAVING, NOT
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THE 5TH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION PROVIDES IN PART , "NOR SHALL ANY PERSON BE SUBJECT FOR THE SAME OFFENCE TO BE TWICE PUT IN JEOPARDY OF LIFE OR LIMB."
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY
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THE 8TH AMENDMENT OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
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Term
THE 8TH AMENDMENT OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION PROHIBITS THE IMPOSTION OF.....
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CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT
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THE U.S. CONTITUTION PROHIBITS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM DEPRIVING PERSONS OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY WITHOUT......
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DUE PROCESS & EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW
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STATUTES MAY NOT BE DEFINED OR ENFORCED IN AN UNREASONABLE, CAPRICIOUS, OR ARBITRARY MANNER IS...
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DUE PROCESS
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NO PERSON OR CLASS OF PERSONS MAY BE DENIED THE SAME PROTECTION OF LAW THAT IS PROVIDED TO OTHER PERSONS OR CLASSES OF PERSONS.
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EQUAL PROTECTION
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THE RIGHT TO ______ IS NOT SPECIFIED BY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, ALTHOUGH SOME STATE CONSTITUTIONS RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT SPECIFICALLY.
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PRIVACY
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THE FEDERAL RIGHT TO PRIVACY WAS ARTICULATED BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN...
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1965
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_____ LAWS EXIST WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF OTHER ______ RIGHTS, SUCH AS FREEDOM OF RELIGION, SPEECH, AND THE PRESS....
Definition
CRIMINAL, CONSTITUTIONAL
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