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Explain why the year-and-a-day rule is a rule of proximate cause.
Identify some of the similarities of strict liability crimes.
Distinguish between motive and intent.
List the Model Penal Code degrees of culpability and their accompanying mental states.
Write a simple criminal charge that does not have as an element a specific intent.
Identify when a criminal statute includes a requirement of a specific intent.
Learn the meaning of and difference between actus reus and mens rea.
the federal kidnapping statute, 18 U.S.C. §1201, provides that it applies to kidnappings where the victim is “willfully transported”across state lines (hence the Commerce Clause connection). typical cases under this statute involve situations where the kidnappers force the victim into a car
At his trial, the defendant contended the federal statute did not apply to “extra-territorial”conduct such as his, and thus he could not be convicted under the statute. Was he correct?See United States v. Ayesh, 702 F.3d 162 (4th Cir.2012), cert. denied 133 S. Ct. 1619 (2013).
The thief of Baghdad case. A resident of Jordan was hired to work in the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, supervising shipping and customs.he developed a scheme to defraud the embassy, and used the scheme to steal money intended for the embassy. When the F.B.I. discovered the scheme it tricked the
Congress has enacted a statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2285(a), which makes it a federal crime to operate a submersible or semi-submersible vessel in international waters, if the vessel does not have a national marking. the statute is aimed at the illegal drug trade, which uses this type of vessel to move
Assume state and federal officers raid a cockfighting facility located in Oklahoma, but on land held by the Kiowa tribe, and thus in“Indian country” under federal law. A nonIndian is arrested and charged with violation of an Oklahoma statute making it a crime to be a spectator at an illegal
Describe the jurisdiction of Indian tribal courts.
Identify the jurisdiction of military courts.
Describe the “Federal Domain.”
Explain the basis for an international court to claim jurisdiction over a person charged with a violation of international law.
Draw the boundaries of congressional power under the Commerce Clause to regulate actions through criminal laws.
List the specific powers granted to the federal government to make criminal laws.
Explain why a state has general power to make criminal laws and to prosecute those who violate the law.
Under the reasoning of Robinson v. California and Jones v. City of Los Angeles, discussed in this chapter, may the city of Chicago pass an ordinance that permits the police to order a homeless person found sleeping in an airport seating area to leave, and if that person does not, to arrest the
In Perry v. Brown, 671 F.3d 1052 (9th Cir.2012), cert granted, 133 S. Ct. 786 (2012), the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals declared Proposition 8, adopted by the people of California, unconstitutional. Under Proposition 8, only persons of the opposite sex can be legally married in California.assuming
St. Louis, Missouri, enacted a municipal ordinance making it a crime for a person to engage in conduct on a public street so as to“impede either pedestrian or vehicular traffic.”a person holding a sign that said “911 was an inside job” during rush hour traffic was prosecuted under this
Does the man have any due process or equal protection arguments? how do you evaluate those arguments? See People v. Hollins, 971 N.e.2d 504 (Ill. 2012).
In Illinois, a 32-year-old man had consensual sex with a 17-year-old girl. he filmed the sexual encounter. Under Illinois law, a 17-year-old girl can give consent to having sex, so the man did not violate the statutory rape law.however, he was charged with possession of child pornography, because
Trace the origin of the common law to its place in criminal law today.
Define circumstances that would make a criminal law a status crime.
List and describe five specific constitutional limitations on the power to create a criminal law.
Know the meaning of the phrase nulla poena sine lege.
Identify the general limitations on the exercise of the police power by government.
Know the meaning of police power.
Understand the four generally recognized goals of the criminal justice system.
List the reasons people commit crimes, and why they do not.
Describe the difference between public law and private law, including the difference between criminal law and tort law.
Identify the branches of government, and their relationship to the criminal law.
Write a brief essay summarizing crimes against the state.
What factor is important in determining whether the federal government may assert jurisdiction over a terrorist act?
Define and discuss combat immunity.
What are the elements of material support for terrorism? Provide examples of some provisions of the material support statute that courts have considered “void for vagueness.” What are the arguments for and against prosecuting individuals for providing material support to terrorists or to
List some of the terrorist crimes set forth in the U.S. Code.
How do the definitions of international and domestic terrorism differ?
Explain the difference between espionage and espionage during wartime.
What is sabotage? Distinguish sabotage and sabotage during wartime.
Define sedition. Distinguish seditious speech from seditious libel. What constitutes a seditious conspiracy?
Treason is the only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution. What is treason? What type of evidence is required to establish treason?
Should individuals be held criminally liable for cruelty to "wild" animals?
Define the legal standard for obscenity and child pornography.
Are prostitution and soliciting for prostitution victimless crimes?
Why do some commentators argue that the criminal law is overreaching?
Considering the cases you read on homelessness and gangs, does the broken windows theory pose a threat to civil liberties? Support your answer with examples from the textbook.
How does the U.S. Supreme Court define obscenity?
What are the elements of the crime of prostitution?
What was the constitutional basis for the Supreme Court’s holding Chicago’s Gang Congregation Ordinance unconstitutional? Explain the reasoning of the Supreme Court.
What constitutional objections have been raised to vagrancy and loitering statutes?
Distinguish between vagrancy and loitering.
What is the difference between disorderly conduct and riot?
List specific acts constituting disorderly conduct.
Who poses a greater threat to society, white-collar or common criminals?
Should the federal government use the interstate commerce power to prosecute what are traditionally considered state criminal offenses? Why not let state government pursue criminal prosecutions?
What is public bribery? Why is bribery a crime? How is it distinguished from graft?
Discuss the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Give an example of an antitrust violation.
Why is money laundering considered a criminal offense? Provide an example of money laundering.
What areas are covered under the federal Health Fraud Act?
Discuss the purpose of the Travel Act?
What are the elements of mail and wire fraud? How do they differ from one another?
Define insider trading. Why is insider trading considered a crime?
What is the purpose of criminal prosecutions under OSHA?
List some of acts that are considered environmental crimes.
Do you believe that the federal government should make it a priority to prosecute white-collar crime?
Should criminal law textbooks devote a separate chapter to the discussion of white-collar crime?
What are the various approaches to defining white-collar crime?
Write an essay briefly summarizing property crimes. Address whether we still require the various property offenses that were developed by the common law.
What are some of the factors that aggravate a property offense?
Discuss the use or threat of harm requirement in regards to robbery.
How do courts interpret the "taking and carrying away" element of larceny? Why did the common law require a "carrying away" of property?
What are the elements of carjacking?
Distinguish robbery from extortion.
How does robbery differ from larceny?
What is a prosecutor required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt in order to establish the crime of receiving stolen property? How does the punishment of this offense deter theft?7. What is the difference between forgery and uttering?
Why have states passed legislation to address computer crimes rather than use existing statutes punishing crimes against property? What types of acts are prohibited under these statutes?
Describe the harm to society caused by identity theft. What is the reason that states found it necessary to adopt new criminal statutes punishing identity theft?
Why did various states adopt consolidated theft statutes?
Distinguish between the requirements of larceny, embezzlement, and false pretenses.
Provide an example of how the common law of larceny developed in response to the growth of business and commerce.
Discuss the justifications for crimes against habitation. Is it accurate to continue to categorize burglary and arson as crimes against habitation?
What are some factors that aggravate burglary, arson, trespass, and criminal mischief?
Compare and contrast arson and criminal mischief.
What are the three types of acts that satisfy the actus reus of criminal mischief?
Define arson. How have modern statutes modified the common law crime of arson?
What is the difference between burglary and trespass?
What is the definition of burglary? How have the elements of the common law crime of burglary been modified by modern statutes?
Discuss the purpose of the various grades of murder and dividing homicide into murder and manslaughter. Why do we make all these technical distinctions between types of homicide?
Discuss the difference between negligent homicide and misdemeanor manslaughter.Why is misdemeanor manslaughter termed unlawful act manslaughter in some states?
Should the law recognize the offense of voluntary manslaughter? Why not?
What acts constitute adequate provocation? What must the defendant prove to establish heat of passion? At what point does a defendant's blood "cool"?
Define voluntary manslaughter.
Discuss the legal standards for holding a corporation liable for first-degree murder and for involuntary manslaughter. Is there a social benefit in holding corporations liable for homicide?
Why does the law provide for the offense of felony murder? What are the arguments for and against the felony-murder rule?
Define depraved heart murder.
What is the difference between first- and seconddegree murder?
Differentiate first-degree murder from first-degree capital or aggravated homicide.

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