Lessons by Subject Outline - Criminal Law

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- Criminal Law: An Integrated Approach, Professor Alice Ristroph
- Postconviction Remedies, Professors Sean O'Brien, LaJuana Davis, and Amanda K. Rogers
Overview
- Punishment Theories
  - Punishment: Theories (CRIM11)
  - Retribution
  - Deterrence
  - Incapacitation
  - Rehabilitation
- Sources of Criminal Law
  - Sources of Criminal Law (CRIM14)
  - Branches of government
  - Levels of government
  - Model Penal Code
- Constitutional Limits
  - Legality
    - Constitutional Limitations: Legality (CRIM09)
    - Legislativity
    - Retroactivity
    - Vagueness
    - Lenity
  - 8th Amendment
    - Constitutional Limitations: 8th Amendment (CRIM08)
    - Scope
    - Proportionality
    - Status Offenses
  - Burden of proof
    - Presumption of Innocence (Burden of Proof and Presumptions) (CRIM10)
    - Production vs. persuasion
    - Presumptions
Requirements of a Crime
- Actus Reus
  - Actus Reus (CRIM15)
  - Voluntariness
  - Omission crimes
    - Omissions (CRIM34)
  - Possession
- Mens Rea
  - Model Penal Code
    - Purpose
      - The Mens Rea of Purpose (CRIM04)
    - Knowledge
      - The Mens Rea of Knowledge (CRIM07)
    - Recklessness
      - The Mens Rea of Recklessness (CRIM05)
    - Negligence
      - The Mens Rea of Negligence (CRIM06)
    - Strict Liability
    - Rules of Construction
      - Minimum Culpability
        
        Minimum Culpability Requirements Under the Model Penal Code (CRIM22)
      - Ambiguous Culpability
        
        Ambiguous Culpability Requirements (CRIM23)
    - Mistake
      - Mistake as to Offense Elements
        
        Mistake Under the Model Penal Code: Mistake as to Elements of Offenses (CRIM24)
      - Mistake as to Defense Elements
        
        Mistake Under the Model Penal Code: Mistake as to Defenses (CRIM30)
      - Mistake as to Law Defining the Offense
        
        Mistake as to the Law Defining the Offense (CRIM25)
  - Common Law
    - Intent
      - Specific
      - General
      - Transferred
    - Malice
    - Wilfulness
    - Mistake
      - Mistake of Fact
      - Mistake of Law
- Result
  - Causation (CRIM16)
  - Factual vs. legal cause
  - Different victim
  - Different manner
  - Different injury
- Concurrence
  - Concurrence (CRIM26)
Defenses and Affirmative Defenses
- Excuses
  - Excuses vs. Justifications Explained
    - Justification Defenses: Excuse Defenses Distinguished (CRIM18)
    - Necessity; Choice of Evils
    - Crime Prevention
  - Duress
    - Excuses I: Duress, Entrapment, Mistake (CRIM12)
  - Entrapment
    - Excuses I: Duress, Entrapment, Mistake (CRIM12)
  - Ignorance of Law
    - Excuses I: Duress, Entrapment, Mistake (CRIM12)
  - Insanity
    - Excuses II: Insanity and Infancy (CRIM13)
    - Diminished Capacity
    - Intoxication
  - Infancy
- Justifications
  - Self-Defense
    - Self-Defense (CRIM17)
    - Battered Woman Syndrome
      - Battered Woman's Syndrome (CRIM19)
  - Defense of Others
    - Defense of Others (CRIM21)
  - Defense of Property (mechanical devices)
  - Duty to Retreat
    - Duty to Retreat (CRIM20)
  - Law Enforcement
  - Consent .
    - Consent (CRIM32)
Inchoate Crimes
- Attempt
  - The Mens Rea of Attempts (CRIM27)
  - Mens Rea
    - Accomplice Liability - Mens Rea (CRIM36)
  - Actus Reus
    - Accomplice Liability - Actus Reus Requirement (CRIM28)
    - Preparation vs. Attempt
  - Defenses
    - Impossibility
    - Abandonment & Renunciation
- Conspiracy
  - Actus Reus
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
    - Agreement
  - Mens Rea
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
    - Bilateral vs. Unilateral
    - Multiple Objectives
  - Overt Act
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
  - Parties
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
    - Chain vs. Wheel Conspiracies
  - Duration & Termination
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
  - Pinkerton Rule
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
    - Complicity Distinguished
  - Defenses
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
    - Abandonment/Withdrawal
      - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
    - Wharton Rule
- Solicitation
  - Actus Reus
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
  - Mens Rea
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
  - Complicity Distinguished
    - Suspendatur! (CRIM03)
Parties to Crime (Accessorial Liability; Complicity)
- Principals vs. Accessories
  - Types of Principal
  - Types of Accessory
- Accomplice
- Actus Reus
  - Defined
- Mens Rea
  - Defined
  - Elements
  - Voluntary vs. involuntary
  - Heat of passion
  - Imperfect justification
  - Recklessness or negligence
  - Misdemeanor
- Defenses
  - Abandonment
Homicide (Types of Homicide)
- Introduction
  - Introduction to Homicide (CRIM33)
  - Homicide (Causation) (CRIM42)
  - Homicide (Causation - Part II) (CRIM44)
  - Death of a Human Being
    - Homicide (Defining Death and Life) (CRIM40)
    - Fetus
    - Euthanasia
  - Year and a Day
- Malice: The Mens Rea of Murder
  - Defined
    - Express Malice Defined
    - Implied Malice Defined
- Intentional Killings
  - Murder
  - Homicide (Murder) (CRIM37)
  - Homicide (Muder by Degrees) (CRIM38)
    - First Degree
      - Premeditation & Deliberation
      - Other Formulations
    - Capital Murder
    - Model Penal Code
  - Voluntary Manslaughter
  - Homicide (Unlawful Act Manslaughter) (CRIM39)
    - Heat of Passion
      - Imperfect Self-Defense
    - Model Penal Code (EED)
- Unintentional Killings (except Felony Murder)
  - Implied Malice
    - Mental State
    - Nature of Risk
  - Involuntary Manslaughter
  - Homicide (Involuntary Manslaughter) (CRIM43)
    - Mental State
    - Nature of Risk
  - Model Penal Code
    - Manslaughter
    - Negligent Homicide
- Felony Murder
- Homicide (Felony Murder) (CRIM41)
  - Enumerated Felonies
  - Inherently Dangerous
  - Independent Felonious Purpose (Merger Rule)
  - Course and Scope
  - Limitations
    - Agency Rule
    - Proximate Cause
  - Model Penal Code
  - Misdemeanor Manslaughter
Assault & Battery
- Pre-indictment & Charge (CRIM01)
- Plea & Discovery (CRIM02)
- Assault
  - Elements
  - Model Penal Code
- Battery
  - Elements
  - Model Penal Code
Rape
- Elements
  - Force & Fear
  - Consent
  - Mistake
- Model Penal Code
- Statutory Rape
  - Elements 8.3.2 Model Penal Code
Theft Crimes and Crimes Against Property
- Larceny
  - Elements
  - Model Penal Code
- Embezzlement
  - Elements
  - Model Penal Code
- False Pretenses
  - Elements
  - Model Penal Code
- Robbery
  - Elements
  - Model Penal Code
- Blackmail and extortion
  - Elements
  - Model Penal Code
- Burglary
  - Elements
  - Model Penal Code
- Arson
  - Elements
  - Model Penal Code
- Malicious Mischief
  - Elements
  - Model Penal Code