| A | B |
|---|
| Plaintiff | state or federal government representing the public at large. The government is the party that accuses the person of a crime |
| Prosecutor | the government |
| Defendant | the person accused of a crime |
| Felony | any offense punishable by death or more than 1 yr. imprisonment t |
| Misdemeanor | less seious crime, fine or imprisonment in a county/city jail ex: driving without a license |
| Elements of a Crime | criminal act, state of mind or intent |
| 3 groups of crimes | against people, property or business interests |
| Murder | unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought |
| 1st degree murder | killing someone with premeditation, in a cruel way, while committing a felony, usually carries death penalty |
| 2nd degree murder | none of these conditions apply |
| Felony murder rule | a killing that takes place during a felony is murder |
| manslaughter | unlawful killing of another human being without malice aforethought |
| voluntary manslaughter | when 1 person intends at the time the act is committed to kill another but does so suddenly and as the result of great personal distress |
| involuntary manslaughter | when 1 person, while ocmmitting an unlawful or reckless act, kills another.There is no intent to kill |
| Battery | the unlawful touching of another person, forceful use of a hand,knife,or gun against another, poison,drugs,spitting,kissing |
| assault | an attempt to commit a battery, pointing or shooting a gun at someone is the assault, bullet striking the person is battery |
| simple assault and batteries | misdemeanors |
| aggravated battery and aggravated assault | frlonies |
| kidnapping | unlawful removal or restraint of a person against person's will |
| rape | sex offense, foced sexual intercourse |
| statutory rape | victim under age, consent doesn't matter. |
| aquaintance rape | sexual assault by friend or date |
| burglary | breaking and entering of a place with intent to commit a felony/misdemeanor |
| larceny | unlawful taking and carrying away of personal property or another with the intent to deprive the owner of it |
| Petty larceny | value of $300 or less - misdemeanor |
| Grand larcenty | value of $300 or more - felony |
| Embezzlement | wrongful taking away of another's property by a person who has been entrusted with that property |
| Robbery | the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal property of another accompanied by violence or threats |
| Arson | the willful and malicious burning of a house or other building |
| larceny by false pretenses or fraud | the taking of someone's money or property by intentionaly deceiving that person |
| Forgery | the false making or changing of a writing with the intent to defraud |
| bribery | it is illegal to pay or give anything of value to public officials in order to influence their official activity |
| penalty for bribery | at the federal level fine of not more than $20,000 or 3 times the monetary equivalent of the bribe or imprisonment for not more than 15 years or both |
| extortion | the taking of property by public officials or others, which is not due |
| computer crimes | crimes committed with a computer |
| defenses to crimes | insanity, entrapment, self-defense, defense of family members |
| sentence | once a person has been convicted of a crime, the court must sentence him orher. The judge must decide on an appropriate punishment |
| fines | the payment of a specified amount of money as a penalty for committing a crime. |
| imprisonment | amont of time in prison, indefinite, definite or mandatory sentence |
| death penalty | 3 phases include juty determines guilt or innocence, presentence hearing, appeal to the stat's highest court |
