Criminal law

2. test obscenity: determines whether material is obscene: appeals to prurient interest, patently offensive, and lacks serious value
3. threat: statement where a reasonable person would foresee the statement as a serious expression of intent to harm
4. doctrine: law is invaild if it restricts substantially more speech than necessary
5. of law official interpretation exception: defense when defendant reasonablt relies on an official statement of law later found incorrect
7. test: crime must be the producy of a mental disease or deflect
11. scrutiny: law must serve a compelling government interest and be narrowly tailored using the least restrictive means
14. rape: strict liability offense where consent and mistake of age are not defenses

1. regualtion: regulates speech because of its message; triggers strict scrutiny
6. impluse test: defendant knew the act was wrong but could not control their behavior due to mental disorder
8. rule self-defense: no duty to retreat before using deadly force if confronted with unlawful deadly force
9. defense: defendant commits crime due to threat of unlawful force, but usually not a defense to murder
10. test incitement: speech can be punished only if intended to incite imminent lawless action and likely to producce such action
12. of law knowledge element exception: defense when the statue explicitly requires knowledge that conduct is illegal
13. in concert RICO: participants knowingly join together to carry out a racketeering scheme