Lessons by Subject Outline - Criminal Law

1. Overview
- 1.1. Punishment Theories
  - Punishment: Theories (CRIM11)
  - 1.1.1. Retribution
  - 1.1.2. Deterrence
  - 1.1.3. Incapacitation
  - 1.1.4. Rehabilitation
- 1.2. Sources of Criminal Law
  - Sources of Criminal Law (CRIM14)
  - 1.2.1. Branches of government
  - 1.2.2. Levels of government
  - 1.2.3. Model Penal Code
- 1.3. Constitutional Limits
  - 1.3.1. Legality
    - Constitutional Limitations: Legality (CRIM09)
    - 1.3.1.1. Legislativity
    - 1.3.1.2. Retroactivity
    - 1.3.1.3. Vagueness
    - 1.3.1.4. Lenity
  - 1.3.2. 8th Amendment
    - Constitutional Limitations: 8th Amendment (CRIM08)
    - 1.3.2.1. Scope
    - 1.3.2.2. Proportionality
    - 1.3.2.3. Status Offenses
  - 1.3.3. Burden of proof
    - Presumption of Innocence (Burden of Proof and Presumptions) (CRIM10)
    - 1.3.3.1. Production vs. persuasion
    - 1.3.3.2. Presumptions
2. Requirements of a Crime
- 2.1. Actus Reus
  - Actus Reus (CRIM15)
  - 2.1.1. Voluntariness
  - 2.1.2. Omission crimes
  - 2.1.3. Possession
- 2.2. Mens Rea
  - 2.2.1. Model Penal Code
    - 2.2.1.1. Purpose
      - The Mens Rea of Purpose (CRIM04)
    - 2.2.1.2. Knowledge
      - The Mens Rea of Knowledge (CRIM07)
    - 2.2.1.3. Recklessness
      - The Mens Rea of Recklessness (CRIM05)
    - 2.2.1.4. Negligence
      - The Mens Rea of Negligence (CRIM06)
    - 2.2.1.5. Strict Liability
    - 2.2.1.6. Rules of Construction
      - 2.2.1.6.1. Minimum Culpability
        
        Minimum Culpability Requirements Under the Model Penal Code (CRIM22)
      - 2.2.1.6.2. Ambiguous Culpability
        
        Ambiguous Culpability Requirements (CRIM23)
    - 2.2.1.7. Mistake
      - 2.2.1.7.1. Mistake as to Offense Elements
        
        Mistake Under the Model Penal Code: Mistake as to Elements of Offenses (CRIM24)
      - 2.2.1.7.2. Mistake as to Defense Elements
        
        Mistake Under the Model Penal Code: Mistake as to Defenses (CRIM30)
      - 2.2.1.7.3. Mistake as to Law Defining the Offense
        
        Mistake as to the Law Defining the Offense (CRIM25)
  - 2.2.2. Common Law
    - 2.2.2.1. Intent
      - 2.2.2.1.1. Specific
      - 2.2.2.1.2. General
      - 2.2.2.1.3. Transferred
    - 2.2.2.2. Malice
    - 2.2.2.3. Wilfulness
    - 2.2.2.4. Mistake
      - 2.2.2.4.1. Mistake of Fact
      - 2.2.2.4.2. Mistake of Law
- 2.3. Result
  - Causation (CRIM16)
  - 2.3.1. Factual vs. legal cause
  - 2.3.2. Different victim
  - 2.3.3. Different manner
  - 2.3.4. Different injury
- 2.4. Concurrence
  - Concurrence (CRIM26)
3. Defenses and Affirmative Defenses
- 3.1. Excuses
  - 3.1.1. Excuses vs. Justifications Explained
    - Justification Defenses: Excuse Defenses Distinguished (CRIM18)
    - 3.1.1.1. Necessity; Choice of Evils
    - 3.1.1.2. Crime Prevention
  - 3.1.2. Duress
    - Excuses I: Duress, Entrapment, Mistake (CRIM12)
  - 3.1.3. Entrapment
    - Excuses I: Duress, Entrapment, Mistake (CRIM12)
  - 3.1.4. Ignorance of Law
    - Excuses I: Duress, Entrapment, Mistake (CRIM12)
  - 3.1.5. Insanity
    - Excuses II: Insanity and Infancy (CRIM13)
    - 3.1.5.1. Diminished Capacity
    - 3.1.5.2. Intoxication
  - 3.1.6. Infancy
- 3.2. Justifications
  - 3.2.1. Self-Defense
    - Self-Defense (CRIM17)
    - 3.2.1.1. Battered Woman Syndrome
      - Battered Woman's Syndrome (CRIM19)
  - 3.2.2. Defense of Others
    - Defense of Others (CRIM21)
  - 3.2.3. Defense of Property (mechanical devices)
  - 3.2.4. Duty to Retreat
    - Duty to Retreat (CRIM20)
  - 3.2.5. Law Enforcement
  - 3.2.6. Consent .
    - Consent (CRIM32)
4. Inchoate Crimes
- 4.1. Attempt
  - The Mens Rea of Attempts (CRIM27)
  - 4.1.1. Mens Rea
  - 4.1.2. Actus Reus
    - Accomplice Liability - Actus Reus Requirement (CRIM28)
    - 4.1.2.1. Preparation vs. Attempt
  - 4.1.3. Defenses
    - 4.1.3.1. Impossibility
    - 4.1.3.2. Abandonment & Renunciation
- 4.2. Conspiracy
  - 4.2.1. Actus Reus
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
    - 4.2.1.1. Agreement
  - 4.2.2. Mens Rea
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
    - 4.2.2.1. Bilateral vs. Unilateral
    - 4.2.2.2. Multiple Objectives
  - 4.2.3. Overt Act
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
  - 4.2.4. Parties
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
    - 4.2.4.1. Chain vs. Wheel Conspiracies
  - 4.2.5. Duration & Termination
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
  - 4.2.6. Pinkerton Rule
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
    - 4.2.6.1. Complicity Distinguished
  - 4.2.7. Defenses
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
    - 4.2.7.1. Abandonment/Withdrawal
      - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
    - 4.2.7.2. Wharton Rule
- 4.3. Solicitation
  - 4.3.1. Actus Reus
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
  - 4.3.2. Mens Rea
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
  - 4.3.3. Complicity Distinguished
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
5. Parties to Crime (Accessorial Liability; Complicity)
- 5.1. Principals vs. Accessories
  - 5.1.1. Types of Principal
  - 5.1.2. Types of Accessory
- 5.2. Actus Reus
  - 5.2.1. Defined
- 5.3. Mens Rea
  - 5.3.1. Defined
  - 5.3.2. Elements
  - 5.3.3. Voluntary vs. involuntary
  - 5.3.4. Heat of passion
  - 5.3.5. Imperfect justification
  - 5.3.6. Recklessness or negligence
  - 5.3.7. Misdemeanor
- 5.4. Defenses
  - 5.4.1. Abandonment
6. Homicide
- 6.1. Introduction
  - Introduction to Homicide (CRIM33)
  - 6.1.1. Death of a Human Being
    - 6.1.1.1. Fetus
    - 6.1.1.2. Euthanasia 6.1.2 Year and a Day
- 6.2. Malice: The Mens Rea of Murder
  - 6.2.1. Defined
    - 6.2.1.1. Express Malice Defined
    - 6.2.1.2. Implied Malice Defined
- 6.3. Intentional Killings
  - 6.3.1. Murder
    - 6.3.1.1. First Degree
      - 6.3.1.1.1. Premeditation & Deliberation
      - 6.3.1.1.2. Other Formulations
    - 6.3.1.2. Capital Murder
    - 6.3.1.3. Model Penal Code
  - 6.3.2. Voluntary Manslaughter
    - 6.3.2.1. Heat of Passion
      - 6.3.2.1.1. Imperfect Self-Defense
    - 6.3.2.2. Model Penal Code (EED)
- 6.4. Unintentional Killings (except Felony Murder)
  - 6.4.1. Implied Malice
    - 6.4.1.1. Mental State
    - 6.4.1.2. Nature of Risk
  - 6.4.2. Involuntary Manslaughter
    - 6.4.2.1. Mental State
    - 6.4.2.2. Nature of Risk
  - 6.4.3. Model Penal Code
    - 6.4.3.1. Manslaughter
    - 6.4.3.2. Negligent Homicide
- 6.5. Felony Murder
  - 6.5.1. Enumerated Felonies
  - 6.5.2. Inherently Dangerous
  - 6.5.3. Independent Felonious Purpose (Merger Rule)
  - 6.5.4. Course and Scope
  - 6.5.5. Limitations
    - 6.5.5.1. Agency Rule
    - 6.5.5.2. Proximate Cause
  - 6.5.6. Model Penal Code
  - 6.5.7. Misdemeanor Manslaughter
7. Assault & Battery
- Pre-indictment & Charge (CRIM01)
- Plea & Discovery (CRIM02)
- 7.1. Assault
  - 7.1.1. Elements
  - 7.1.2. Model Penal Code
- 7.2. Battery
  - 7.2.1. Elements
  - 7.2.2. Model Penal Code
8. Rape
- 8.1. Elements
  - 8.1.1. Force & Fear
  - 8.1.2. Consent
  - 8.1.3. Mistake
- 8.2. Model Penal Code
- 8.3. Statutory Rape
  - 8.3.1. Elements 8.3.2 Model Penal Code
9. Theft Crimes and Crimes Against Property
- 9.1. Larceny
  - 9.1.1. Elements
  - 9.1.2. Model Penal Code
- 9.2. Embezzlement
  - 9.2.1. Elements
  - 9.2.2. Model Penal Code
- 9.3. False Pretenses
  - 9.3.1. Elements
  - 9.3.2. Model Penal Code
- 9.4. Robbery
  - 9.4.1. Elements
  - 9.4.2. Model Penal Code
- 9.5. Blackmail and extortion
  - 9.5.1. Elements
  - 9.5.2. Model Penal Code
- 9.6. Burglary
  - 9.6.1. Elements
  - 9.6.2. Model Penal Code
- 9.7. Arson
  - 9.7.1. Elements
  - 9.7.2. Model Penal Code
- 9.8. Malicious Mischief
  - 9.8.1. Elements
  - 9.8.2. Model Penal Code

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