Exam 3: The Criminal Act: The First Principle of Criminal Liability

​Explain the difference between conduct crimes and bad result crimes.Provide examples of each.

​The actus _______________ is the act element of the crime.

Case 3.2 John is a construction worker. He is walking down the street when he notices two children playing in the street. John continues on his way. Shortly after he passes, one of the children is hit by a car and killed. -John is not guilty of a criminal omission based on

Criminal acts are voluntary bodily movements.

Offenses that don't require a mens rea don't include an attendant circumstances element.

Which of the following is a status that is voluntary?

​Constructive possession means the person has the item on them.

The majority of minor crimes against public order and morals do not include

Legal duties are created in three ways: statutes,contracts,and special relationships.

Most offenses that don't require a mens rea do include which of the following?

Case 3.1 Bill is leaving work when a co-worker asks him to drop off a package at the post office on his way home. The co-worker explains that he must work late and can’t get to the post office before it closes. Bill stops at the post office and is met by police officers with drug-sniffing canines who discover the package his co-worker gave him contains cocaine. -Bill is guilty of what kind of possession?

​Explain the "voluntary" act requirement.How does this impact crimes that are committed when a person is in a state of automatism?

​The voluntary act is the first principle of criminal _______________.

The actus reus requirement reserves the harsh sanction of the criminal law for cases of actual danger.

The law recognizes only actual,constructive,and knowing possession.

​In Robinson v.California,the Supreme Court stated that it would be cruel and unusual punishment to punish someone for a disease or illness.

Case 3.4 Ling expected his parents to buy him a car for his graduation from high school. His parents did not buy him a car. After his graduation Ling began to think of ways to murder his parents so that he could have his inheritance. Ling decided to cut the brake line on his parent’s car before they went to dinner. Ling cut the brake line and his parents died as a result of a car crash due to the failure of the brakes in their car. -The triggering of the criminal act by the criminal intent is called

What modern phrase comes from the ancient idea of manifest criminality?

Most states follow which of the following?

The term actus reus refers to the act element of a crime.