Criminal Law Flashcards
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Under the castle doctrine, a person generally has the right to use deadly force against an intruder:
Answer: In their home without a duty to retreat
The castle doctrine allows occupants to use deadly force against intruders in their home without first being required to retreat.
Which of the following is the best example of criminal negligence?
Answer: A hunter who fires without identifying the target, killing a hiker
Criminal negligence involves a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would observe, such as firing without identifying a target.
Entrapment as a defense is established when:
Answer: The government induces a person to commit a crime they were not predisposed to commit
Entrapment occurs when law enforcement induces a person to commit a crime they were not already inclined to commit; predisposition to commit the crime defeats the defense.
A person who holds another against their will in a room for several hours has most likely committed:
Answer: False imprisonment
False imprisonment is the unlawful confinement of a person without consent or legal authority; kidnapping typically requires movement or asportation of the victim.
Which defense claims that the defendant lacked the mental capacity to form criminal intent due to a diagnosed mental illness?
Answer: Insanity defense
The insanity defense asserts that a mental disease or defect prevented the defendant from understanding the nature or wrongfulness of their act at the time of the crime.
A store owner catches a shoplifter and holds them in a back room for 20 minutes until police arrive. This is most likely:
Answer: Justified under the shopkeeper's privilege
The shopkeeper's privilege permits merchants to briefly detain a person they reasonably believe has stolen merchandise, using reasonable force, until police arrive.
Which of the following is the correct definition of 'proximate cause' in criminal law?
Answer: The legal cause that connects the defendant's act to the harm in a foreseeable way
Proximate cause (legal cause) requires that the harm resulting from the defendant's conduct was a foreseeable consequence of that conduct.