AJ 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Pashto, Actus Reus, United States Secret Service

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: AJ 2
• Professor: mauney

Document Summary

Actus reus- the evil act (guilty act) Must be a voluntary act or a qualifying omission. Voluntary- performed consciously as a result of effort (involuntary does not. Omission- failure to perform an act when physical capable. qualify as actus reus) Level of intent to commit an actus reus. Think about the varying degrees of murder we discussed (and manslaughter) Result- occurs because of the commission of the actus reus. Example: convicted of homicide (result- death of another human being) Direct evidence- demonstrates proof beyond reasonable doubt. Originally established in 1865 solely to suppress the counterfeiting of us currency. Dual mission now: protection of national and international leaders and safeguard our financial infrastructure. #1 priority is to protect the us from terrorist attacks. Critical language: arabic, chinese- all dialects, farsi, hebrew, hindi, japanese, korean, pashtu, Nations oldest and most versatile federal law enforcement agency 1789. Serve as the enforcement arm of the federal courts.