CRIM 12000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Actus Reus, Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1982 Film), Demurrer
29 Apr 2019
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Substantive criminal law defines what types of conduct are criminal and prescribes the penalties to be imposed for engagement in that conduct. Procedural criminal law involves the rules designed to implement the substantive law. It is concerned with the criminal process, the legal steps through which an accused offender passes. Greco/roman law (justinian i 534 ad. Federal, state, county, city regulatory agency rules and regulations. A crime is an act or an omission prohibited by law, the violation of which is prosecuted by the state in a judicial proceeding in its own name. It is a public wrong as distinguished from a private wrong. Actus reus: commission movement, verbal, possession, omission failure to act when had a legal duty to do so (writ of demurrer) Insanity lacks the capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of their conduct. Under the influence of alcohol voluntariness is the key.
