Introduction to criminal law

Almost all crimes require an illegal act (______) accompanied by a guilty

• actus reus

• mens rea

the act was done intentionally, knowing, or willfully. This is the level of awareness that someone has that they are committing a crime

• actus reus

• state of mind (mens rea)

True or false: careless does count

• true

• false

What types of crimes don't need a guilty state of mind

• strict liability crimes

• preliminary crimes

True or false: Selling alcohol to minors and statutory rape are crimes even if the people don't know that the minors are underage

• true

• false

What are the elements of robbery?

• Taking & carrying away of goods or money

• Taking from someone's person

• Use of force or intimidation

• IDK

True or false: Each crime has certain elements. At trial, each element must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt in order to convict.

• True

• False

True or false: Robbery is an unlawful taking & carrying away of goods or money from someone's person by force or intimidation

• true

• false

True or false: Mail fraud and espionage can be prosecuted at the federal level

• true

• false

What is a state and federal crimes?

• something that can only be prosecuted at a state level unless they happen on federal property

• IDK