CRIMINAL LAW EXAM 1,2 | COMPLETE
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Act Requirement for Battery - ANSWER Applying force is all that is necessary;
modern courts require some bodily injury
Mental State for Battery - ANSWER Criminal negligence is enough, ex,
swinging arms in a crowded hallway can constitute battery
Consent to Battery - ANSWER It's not battery if the victim effectively
consented; however, no one can consent to serious bodily injury
felonies, misdemeanors, and summaries - ANSWER What are the three levels
of PA crimes?
actress Rea - wrongful act - ANSWER This is specifically prohibited by the
criminal law, even failure to take action might be considered a wrongful act where
the law imposes a duty to act. Example, failing to file an income tax return returns.
Men's Rea - ANSWER law usually requires both a wrongful act and criminal
intent, intent is not the same as motive. Motive is the reason why the crime was
,committed; motive never has to be proven. Example of motive - revenge, greed,
and hate.
criminal law versus civil law - ANSWER criminal law usually has an
intentional act, civil law regulates persons, conduct, and civil remedies are money
or injunction
English common law - ANSWER dates from the 11th century, a patch of laws
and local customs applied by local courts.
Due Process - ANSWER procedural safeguards that required notice and
hearing, examples, bail, and sentencing
reasonable doubt - ANSWER A doubt that would cause a reasonably careful
and sensible person to hesitate, must be a real doubt, may not be an imagined one
judicial review - ANSWER courts are empowered to declare the law and void
unconstitutional per se - ANSWER and approaches on some constitutionally
protected liberty, or exceeds the constitutional powers of government
unconstitutional as applied - ANSWER law is facially valid, ordinance,
prohibiting, disorderly conduct, but enforced in a way that impermissibly restricts
or punishes the exercise of a constitutional right
,Commerce Clause - ANSWER Does the United States Constitution expressly
grant Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce
United States versus Lopez - ANSWER United States Supreme Court held
Congress did not have the power under the Commerce Clause to regulate the
possession of firearms within 1000 feet of school grounds
Bill of attainder - ANSWER A legislative act inflicting punishment on an
individual or on a group of easily identifiable individuals
A retroactive law - ANSWER This punishes people without first allowing them
notice to know that their actions are illegal and punishable
content neutral - ANSWER regulation-based, not a message, but on the form of
delivery
Content-based - ANSWER Government regulates the message, not just the
location of the speech
excitement, fighting words, defamation, obscenity - ANSWER What are the
four parts of a content-based speech?
title 18 - ANSWER What title is the Crimes Code?
title 35 - ANSWER What title is the Controlled Substances, drug, and device
and cosmetic act
, title 42 - ANSWER what title is the juvenile act and roles of criminal
procedure?
title 75 - ANSWER what title is the vehicle code that contains the laws that
defined crimes pertaining to the operation of vehicles?
The actress Reyes and men's Raya - ANSWER A person cannot be convicted of
a crime without proof of what
voluntary act - ANSWER an act done by design or intention, and is
unconstrained by interference, no crime for bad thoughts
certain relationships, Statue of Liberty, contractual duty, voluntary -
ANSWER what are the four situations where a legal duty exists?
to distinguish between acts that occur accidentally from those with a guilty mind -
ANSWER what is the reason for requiring both an actress Reyes and men's
Raya?
Aggravated Battery - ANSWER 1. Use of a deadly weapon even with no
serious bodily harm
2. Serious bodily harm
3. Any intent to kill
4. If the victim is a child or police officer
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | GRADED A+ |
PASS QUARANTEED | BRAND NEW
Act Requirement for Battery - ANSWER Applying force is all that is necessary;
modern courts require some bodily injury
Mental State for Battery - ANSWER Criminal negligence is enough, ex,
swinging arms in a crowded hallway can constitute battery
Consent to Battery - ANSWER It's not battery if the victim effectively
consented; however, no one can consent to serious bodily injury
felonies, misdemeanors, and summaries - ANSWER What are the three levels
of PA crimes?
actress Rea - wrongful act - ANSWER This is specifically prohibited by the
criminal law, even failure to take action might be considered a wrongful act where
the law imposes a duty to act. Example, failing to file an income tax return returns.
Men's Rea - ANSWER law usually requires both a wrongful act and criminal
intent, intent is not the same as motive. Motive is the reason why the crime was
,committed; motive never has to be proven. Example of motive - revenge, greed,
and hate.
criminal law versus civil law - ANSWER criminal law usually has an
intentional act, civil law regulates persons, conduct, and civil remedies are money
or injunction
English common law - ANSWER dates from the 11th century, a patch of laws
and local customs applied by local courts.
Due Process - ANSWER procedural safeguards that required notice and
hearing, examples, bail, and sentencing
reasonable doubt - ANSWER A doubt that would cause a reasonably careful
and sensible person to hesitate, must be a real doubt, may not be an imagined one
judicial review - ANSWER courts are empowered to declare the law and void
unconstitutional per se - ANSWER and approaches on some constitutionally
protected liberty, or exceeds the constitutional powers of government
unconstitutional as applied - ANSWER law is facially valid, ordinance,
prohibiting, disorderly conduct, but enforced in a way that impermissibly restricts
or punishes the exercise of a constitutional right
,Commerce Clause - ANSWER Does the United States Constitution expressly
grant Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce
United States versus Lopez - ANSWER United States Supreme Court held
Congress did not have the power under the Commerce Clause to regulate the
possession of firearms within 1000 feet of school grounds
Bill of attainder - ANSWER A legislative act inflicting punishment on an
individual or on a group of easily identifiable individuals
A retroactive law - ANSWER This punishes people without first allowing them
notice to know that their actions are illegal and punishable
content neutral - ANSWER regulation-based, not a message, but on the form of
delivery
Content-based - ANSWER Government regulates the message, not just the
location of the speech
excitement, fighting words, defamation, obscenity - ANSWER What are the
four parts of a content-based speech?
title 18 - ANSWER What title is the Crimes Code?
title 35 - ANSWER What title is the Controlled Substances, drug, and device
and cosmetic act
, title 42 - ANSWER what title is the juvenile act and roles of criminal
procedure?
title 75 - ANSWER what title is the vehicle code that contains the laws that
defined crimes pertaining to the operation of vehicles?
The actress Reyes and men's Raya - ANSWER A person cannot be convicted of
a crime without proof of what
voluntary act - ANSWER an act done by design or intention, and is
unconstrained by interference, no crime for bad thoughts
certain relationships, Statue of Liberty, contractual duty, voluntary -
ANSWER what are the four situations where a legal duty exists?
to distinguish between acts that occur accidentally from those with a guilty mind -
ANSWER what is the reason for requiring both an actress Reyes and men's
Raya?
Aggravated Battery - ANSWER 1. Use of a deadly weapon even with no
serious bodily harm
2. Serious bodily harm
3. Any intent to kill
4. If the victim is a child or police officer
