Our Criminal

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Our Criminal Personal Injury Laws

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Criminal Laws

• Crime _______________________________
  _______________________________________
• Elements of a Crime
• A duty to do or not to do a certain thing
• Criminal Act - ______________________________
  ___________________________________________
• Criminal Intent ___________________________
  ___________________________________________

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Criminal Conduct

• ________________________________ assault and
  battery, kidnapping, rape, murder
• Crimes against property _________________________
  _____
• Crimes against the government ___________________
  ____ _______________________________
• ____________________________ rioting, disorderly
  conduct, speeding
• Crimes against realty ___________________________
  ______
• ___________________________ fraudulent sale of
  securities, violation of pure food and drug laws
• Crimes against decency __________________________
  ____

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Classification of Crimes

• ______________ a crime punishable by more than
  ____ year in prison and/or a fine of more than
  _____________
• In some cases, a felony can also be punishable by
  death.
• ___________________ a crime punishable by
  ___________ year in prison and/or a fine
• _______________ a less serious misdemeanor only
  _____________________

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Types of Crimes

• ________________ the taking another persons
  money or property by a person whom it was
  entrusted to
• Perjury ______________________________
• _____________________ the wrongful taking of
  money or personal property with intent to deprive
  the owner of possession
• ______________ taking of money or property from
  a person against their will by force or causing
  fear
• _________________ entering a building without
  permission with intention to commit a crime
• _________________________________________________

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Types of Crimes (continued)

• ________________________ knowingly receiving or
  buying property known to be stolen with intent to
  deprive the rightful owner of the property
• False Pretenses ____________________________
  _____________________________________________
• Forgery ___________________________________
  __________________________
• ________________ unlawfully offering or giving
  anything of value to influence performance of an
  official

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Types of Crimes (continued)

• _____________________ obtaining money or other
  property from a person by wrongful use of force,
  fear, or power
• Conspiracy _____________________________
  ____________________________
• Arson __________________________________
  ______________________________

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_____________________

• Your rights when arrested
• Fair procedure during ________________________
  __________________________________
• Defendants may not be compelled to _________
  _____________________________________
• _______________________________________
• _______________________________________
• Must be proven guilty _________________________
  _______________________________

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Responsibility for the Criminal Conduct of Others

• A person who aids another person in the
  commission of a crime is also guilty of criminal
  wrongdoing.
• One who plans the crime or intentionally helps in
  the act is guilty of the same crime.
• Example If someone is killed during the
  commission of a felony, all accomplices are
  guilty of the homicide.

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Defenses to Criminal Charges

• Defense ________________________________
  __________________________________
• __________________________ defenses based on
  problems with the way evidence is obtained or the
  way the accused is arrested, questioned, tried,
  or punished
• ____________________ ways to disprove, justify,
  or excuse the alleged crime by discrediting facts
  established by the prosecution

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Types of Substantive Defenses

• __________________ use of force necessary to
  prevent death, serious bodily harm, rape, or
  kidnapping
• _________________ exists when the defense can
  prove the accused does not know the difference
  between right and wrong
• ____________ freedom from prosecution even when
  that person has committed a crime
• A witness who refuses to testify after being
  granted immunity is in ___________________________
  ___

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Punishments for Crimes

• Punishment - ___________________________
  ____________________________
• ______________ agreeing to plead guilty to a
  less serious crime in exchange for having a more
  serious crime dropped
• Gives up right to trial to avoid risk or harsher
  punishment if convicted

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Personal Injury (Civil) Laws

• Torts ______________________________________
  ________________________
• If a tort is committed, the victim can sue and
  obtain a judgment for ______.
• Elements of a tort
• _________________
• _________________
• _________________
• _____________________________

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Elements of a Tort

• Duty __________________________________________
  ______________________________
• We have duties to not injure another persons
  body, reputation, or privacy not to interfere
  with others property rights not to interfere
  with others economic rights
• Breach _______________________________________
• Injury _________________________________________
  
• Causation (proof) _____________________________
  _____________________________
• ___________________________ when it is
  reasonably foreseeable that breach of duty will
  result in an injury

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Types of Intentional Torts

• Intentional Torts ____________________________
  ___________________________________
• ______________ when one person intentionally
  threatens to physically or offensively injure
  another
• Battery ____________________________________
  _____________________________________________
• _______________________ depriving a persons
  freedom of movement without the persons consent
  and without privilege

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Intentional Torts (continued)

• Defamation ____________________________
  __________________________________________
• Written _________ Spoken _____________
• Statement must be false, communicated to a third
  person, or brings the victim contempt or ridicule
  by others
• ________________________ the unwelcome and
  unlawful intrusion into ones private life to
  cause outrage, mental suffering, or humiliation

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Intentional Torts (continued)

• Trespassing ________________________________
  ___________________________________
• Conversion ________________________________
  ____________________________________________
• Right is violated if the possession is stolen,
  destroyed, or used in a manner inconsistent with
  the owners rights
• __________________________________ when a third
  party entices or encourages the breach of a
  contract
• Fraud _________________________________________
  _______________________________

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Negligence

• Negligence _______________________________
  _____________________________________________
• ________________________________ a duty that
  requires us to act with the care, prudence, and
  good judgment to not cause injury to others
• Defenses to negligence
• ________________________________________ when a
  plaintiffs own negligence was a partial cause
  for the injury
• Assumption of Risk _____________________________
  _ ________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  __

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Strict Liability

• _____________________ even though the defendant
  was not negligent, they are liable if engaged in
  an activity that resulted in injury
• Proof of both the _____________________________
  ______________________________________________
• Examples target practice, ownership of dangerous
  animals, sale of goods that are unreasonably
  dangerous

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_______________________

• _________________ a court order issued for a
  person to do or not to do a particular act in
  order to prevent a tort
• Damages ______________________________
  __________________________________________
• Goal is to place in injured party _______________
  ______________________________________________
• Usually used to reimburse the plaintiff for lost
  wages, medical bills, pain, and suffering
• Lawyers often get a percentage of the damages
  (_______ - before, _________ - trial,
  ___________ - appeal)

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Elements of Civil Procedure

• ___________________ anything the judge allows
  to be presented to the jury to prove or disprove
  facts
• Testimony ______________________________________
  ________________
• Witness ________________________________________
  _________________
• _____________________ written order buy the
  judge commanding a witness to appear in court to
  testify
• Contempt of Court ______________________________
  _______________
• Verdict ____________________ Judgment
  _______________________
• _____________________________ used if the
  defendant does not pay damages the process by
  which a judgment for money is enforced the court
  directs the defendants property seized or sold
  to pay the judgment