CRM 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Email Fraud, Vagueness, De Minimis
8 Oct 2016
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One of 2 elements of a criminal offence: also called the external element . Describes 2 distinct situations: 1) an act or omission or possession. Slitting someone"s throat: 2) a set of circumstances or consequences contributed to by one"s action or omissions. These are called result crimes and tend to require examination of causation. Done something that may or may not be a crime itself but lead to a criminal offence later down the road. Describe offences in which the actus reus is the prohibited conduct itself: includes positive actions, omissions and possessions. Possible to be found guilty of a crime by virtue of one"s statuts or surrounding circumstances. Prohibit loiter only of persons who have no lawful profession or calling by which to maintain himself : ex 2. Prohibited actions that lead to a specific result or that take place in a specified context: ex.
