Exam 5: Defenses to Criminal Liability I: Justifications

​Explain the defense of consent.In most states,the law recognizes only four situations where consent justifies otherwise criminal conduct.What are those situations? What does it mean to say that "the heart of the defense of consent is the high value placed on individual autonomy in a free society?"

A defense in which the defendant admits the act but claims that,under the circumstances,they aren't legally responsible is called

Case 5.2 Vincent is awoken in the middle of the night by a sound outside his house. He takes a loaded .38 pistol from his nightstand and proceeds downstairs to his kitchen to check on the noise. He encounters a stranger in his kitchen. The stranger hits him in the face knocking him to the floor. As he gets up his see the man running out his kitchen door. Vincent shoots the man through the kitchen door. -Which of the following rules is most applicable to this case?

​The general rule is that self-defense is available only against what type of attacks?

A _____________ defense is one that,if established,requires an acquittal. ​

There's no empirical research to help explain why so many states have adopted the "new castle laws."

The defense of consent is

Which of the following never justifies the use of force against another person?

Which of the following is recognized as a valid consent defense situation in most states?

Two commonly mentioned reasons for the current spread of new castle laws are Americans' heightened consciousness and concern about their security since 9/11 and

What defense justifies the commission of a lesser crime to avoid the threat of harm from a greater evil?

​The defense of consent is a defense.

​In some cases necessity refers to an imminent danger of attack.

Self-defense consists of four elements.

According to what rule does the government have a monopoly on the use of force; so when you use force,you're "taking the law into your own hands"?

​A defense in which the defendant accepts responsibility for the act but claims what they did was right is called

The law of self-defense is undergoing major transformation.

In the justification defenses,defendants admit they were responsible for their acts but claim what they did was right (justified)under the circumstances.

​Proponents of new "castle laws" warn that they are a license to kill.

​The Personal Protection Law (2009)became the model for most of the new castle laws.