CJL 4110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Legal Fiction, Drug Paraphernalia, Genetic Code
6 Dec 2015
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Actus reus: criminal act know someone"s mental processes, thoughts cause no harm, hard to separate day-dreaming and fantasy from intent: manifest criminality leaves no doubt about the criminal, purposes nature of the act. We can only punish those we can blame. We can only blame ppl who are responsible for their acts. People are responsible only for their voluntary acts: involuntary. Convulsions, sleepwalking, unconsciousness, hypnosis acts, acts not habitual nor conscious. As long as there"s one voluntary act your involuntary can be void. Aaron brown friend shot because he got bumped into and his bad hand shot the gun. Sleptwalked and killed pat by scratching the spiders. Court ruled the act killing itself was not regarded as: king v. codon away intentional, people v. decina. Defendant knew he was subject to epileptic attacks and took a chance by operating a vehicle, the conscious choice of disregarding his health issue makes him liable.
