ADMJ 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Actus Reus, Burglary, Mens Rea

• School: Pitt
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: ADMJ 1400
• Professor: David Cercone

Document Summary

Burglary: breaking and entering into the dwelling house of another person at night with the intent to commit a felony once inside: of another = right of ownership, burglary is a felony. Arson: the malicious burning of the dwelling house of another: mens rea: act had to be malicious, had to be a dwelling house, there was another crime called house burning, arson is a felony. Arson: burning now includes explosions, mens rea: malicious, no longer limited to dwelling houses (vehicles, forest, arson is a felony. Real estate/realty: fixtures (permanently attached to real estate) False pretenses: the obtaining a title of the property of another by the means of a material, false representations with the intent to defraud the owner: depends on the value of goods that were subject to this. Embezzlement: unlawful misappropriation or conversion of property of another already in o(cid:374)e"s la(cid:449)ful possessio(cid:374) (cid:449)ith the i(cid:374)te(cid:374)t to depri(cid:448)e the o(cid:449)(cid:374)er of it.