Exam 6: Parties to Crime and Vicarious Liability

Dante recently bought a new Mustang GT. He loves his car. His little brother just turned 16 and hasn't saved up enough money to buy a car of his own yet. The brother asks Dante to borrow the car. Dante agrees but insists on riding along to make sure everything goes smoothly. Dante sleeps in the passenger seat as his brother runs his errands. They stop at the grocery store and the brother walks out without paying for his entire cart full of groceries. The store employees are unable to stop the brother but they do get the license plate of the mustang as it pulls away. Will Dante be considered an accessory after the fact for providing the getaway car?

______ are actually present and carried out the crime.

List and explain the elements of accessory after the fact. What is the modern view of accessories after the fact? Do you agree or disagree with the modern view? Why or why not? Use examples from your readings to support your answer.

______ means that unless you present evidence that you were not responsible, you are presumed liable for a traffic ticket.

An accomplice to an offense can be held as an accomplice for acts that are ______ outcomes of the original offense.

The ______ rule provides that a conspiracy to commit a crime and the crime itself are separate and distinct crimes.

Individuals will not be held liable based on their relationship with the perpetrator of a crime.

What is the difference between accomplice liability and vicarious liability?

Roughly 17 states and cities have parental responsibility laws.

Juan was a high-ranking member of the gangster disciples who was imprisoned in a maximum security federal facility. He regularly calls lower ranking members and instructs them to do his bidding on the street. Juan recently called a member and instructed him to do a drive by shooting at the home of a fellow member who has been associating with a rival gang. What theory will extend criminal liability to Juan?

What is the difference between accomplices and accessories?

Which is a feature of the modern view of accessories after the fact?

Which legal concept is contrary to the core principle that individuals should be held responsible and liable for their own conduct?

What is corporate liability? List and define the tests that are used to determine whether a corporation should be held criminal liable. Why do we hold corporations criminally liable? How can a corporation possess a criminal intent?

Social host liability laws hold adults liable for providing liquor in their home to minors in the event that an accident or injury occurs.

The modern view is that since accessories after the fact are involved following the completion of a crime, they should be treated as harshly as the perpetrator of the crime or accomplices.

The ______ doctrine provides that a person encouraging or facilitating the commission of a crime will be held liable as an accomplice for the crime he or she aided and abetted as well as for the crimes that are a likely and feasible outcome of the criminal conduct.

Individuals who assist the perpetrators following the crime will be charged as principals in the second degree.

For which of these actions will an individual be held liable as an accomplice?

Which legal concept holds parties liable for criminal conduct based on their relationship to the perpetrator of a crime?