Criminal Justice Ch 3

A person who has committed no crime.

• Innocent

• Guilty

• Acquitted

• Prosecutor

• Defense

A defendant must engage in a voluntary act. Guilty thoughts, alone, will not constitute a voluntary act.

• Mens Rea

• Concurrence

• Actus Reus

• Causation

A defendant must have a culpable state of mind, in addition to committing a voluntary criminal act.

• Actus Reus

• Causation

• Mens Rea

• Concurrence

Must exist between the mental state of the Defendant, and the criminal act, at the time of the crime.

• Cuasation

• Concurrence

• Mens Rea

• Actus Reus

A minor crime, punishable by less than a year in jail

• crime

• misdemeanor

• felony

• guilty mind

• guilty act

A major crime, punishable by more than a year in prison.

• crime

• misdemeanor

• felony

• guilty mind

• guilty act

A person who a jury has decided has committed a crime, beyond a reasonable doubt.

• Innocent

• Guilty

• Acquitted

• Prosecutor

• Defense

A person charged with a criminal offence is called the...

• Persecutor

• Coroner

• Defendant

• Lawyer

Criminal law prevents people from violating laws and punishes those who do violate the law

• False

• True

Someone robbed the 7-11 down the street from your house

• Civl

• Criminal