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Houston Community College
CRIJ1310-Fundamentals of Criminal Law Spring 2015
Examination #1 Review Sheet
Crime/Criminal Law/Substantive criminal law/Substantive criminal law
Purpose of Criminal Law
Criminal Law’s Protections
Common Law
State legislation
Ex Post Facto/First Amendment/Fourteenth Amendment
City of Chicago v. Morales/Texas v. Johnson/Griswold v. Connecticut
mala in se/ mala prohibita
Punishment
Difference between Crimes and Torts
Burden of Proof- beyond a reasonable doubt/preponderance of evidence
Elements of a Crime
Actus reus/Mens rea/Causation/Concurrence
Principals in the 1st degree/Principals in the second degree
Accessories Before the Fact/Accessory After the Fact
Criminal Act Requirements
Act vs status
Possession
Criminal Omission- Statutory duty/Relationship duties/Contractual duties/Failure to
continue care duties
Knowledge and impossibility
Causation- Actual cause/Legal chain/Proximate cause
Concurrence
Strict liability
Infancy or Maturity
Mental Impairment-insanity/competency/diminished capacity/responsibility
Tests of Insanity-M’Naghten’s Rule/Irresistible Impulse Rule/Durham Rule
Diminished capacity defense/United States v. Fishman
Duress or Compulsion/People v. Sanders
Necessity Defense/ Dozier v State
Self-Defense/Sorrells v. United States
Ignorance or Mistake
Other Defenses/Alibi/Statute of Limitations