POLI SCI 452 Study Guide - Am General, Reasonable Person, Statutory Rape
30 Oct 2014
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Specific; conscious and subjective desire to accomplish result/consequences. Corpus delecti- finding evidence of crime in order to charge. Necessary; cause must be proper i. e. shooting must have gun. Sufficient: something that will cause event is present. Necessary and sufficient: very rare in criminal law, event will always happen. Probabilistic causation: porn causing sex crimes . Subjective; focuses on intent/design of defendant: guilty mind; punishment based on what you intend to do (nipping crime in the bud) Objective model requiring more conduct: physical proximity (last step of execution) Modern penal code; substantial step toward completion. Spencer case- kid offered money for sex. Agreement between two or more persons to achieve an objective that is illegal: agreement is actus reus. Criminalizing- groups worse, also gets people to commit to crimes because afraid of conspiracy. Plurality of intent- anything that follows could find all guilty. Rejected if preemptory challenge (dismiss w/out cause) Cause- bias in trial/mind already made up.
