ADMJ 1400 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Malice Aforethought, Actus Reus, Criminal Negligence

• School: Pitt
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: ADMJ 1400
• Professor: David Cercone

Document Summary

Actus reus (act or omission to act) Causation (actus reus causes specific harm: act of the defendant has to be a direct and substantial factor in causing the harm. Accessory liability: when someone is an accessory to a crime or accomplice to a crime. Aids and abets, encourages and entices another. With intent to help a person with the crime. Accessories and conspirators can withdrawal from a crime before it is committed if they make a (cid:862)ti(cid:373)el(cid:455) a(cid:374)d effe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e(cid:863) (cid:449)ithdra(cid:449)al. Manslaughter: an unlawful killing other than murder without malice: criminal negligence: recklessness or gross negligence. Manslaughter: voluntary: imperfect self-defense, serious provocation. Common law if the victim survived for at least a year and a day from the date of the attack, the(cid:374) it (cid:449)as it is presu(cid:373)ed that the defe(cid:374)da(cid:374)t"s a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s did (cid:374)ot (cid:272)ause the death of the (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373) Could not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. The intentional sexual penetration by force without consent.