Criminal Law

4. _____ is generally not a defense to homicide
8. voluntary intoxication can only negate the mental state for _____ intent crimes
9. conscious disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk
11. conscious disregard of a risk that is practically certain to occur
14. generally, to fulfill the act requirement, the act must be _____
15. crimes without a mental state are usually called public ____ offenses
17. majority of jurisdictions use this test for insanity
19. when the law is so vague that a reasonable person must guess as to its meaning, it invites arbitrary enforcement, and fails to give fair notice, the law is void for _____
20. mental state of purpose, knowledge, or recklessness
21. when one consciously desires the result
23. someone can be held responsible for a crime when they do nothing but have a legal ____ to act
24. these crimes only require an act and a mental state

1. In order to claim self-defense, one's actions must be reasonable, necessary, and ________
2. body of government that creates crimes
3. to be convicted of depraved heart murder, one must have the mental state of high _____
5. doctrine that applies the Bill of Rights to the states
6. interprets statutes and applies the law
7. almost all crimes require ____, result, and mental state
10. branch of government that enforces the law
12. two types of affirmative defenses - 1) justifications and 2) _____
13. mistake in ____ is generally not a defense to a crime
16. to claim self-defense, you cannot be the ____
18. a crime is morally _______ behavior against society
22. trespassory taking and carrying away personal property of another with the intent to deprive them permanently