Across
- 1. the degree level of a felony that is punishable by a maximum penalty of life imprisonment
- 4. the location where confinement (less than a year) for the committing a misdemeanor is served
- 7. a rule that focuses on whether a criminal defendant knew the nature of the crime or understood right from wrong at the time it was committed
- 8. this type of defense is only attempted in 1% of felony cases and only has a success rate of 25%
- 10. the combining of the criminal act that occurred and the guilty intent associated with the crime that was committed
- 14. the individual that files suit in a civil case
- 15. fairly certain of what will happen (a variation of intent)
- 16. a type of defense where an individual participants in a criminal act but is threatened by another individual
- 17. a type of defense where an individual was perhaps tricked by law enforcement officers to commit the criminal act
Down
- 1. a serious crime punishable by death or by imprisonment in a federal or state penitentiary
- 2. the individual that files suit in a criminal case
- 3. a guilty act, the physical act of a crime occurred, such as an individual committed bank robbery
- 5. the degree level of a felony that is punishable of eighteen months imprisonment
- 6. a criminal act that would be considered to be wrong even if there were no laws prohibiting the act, criminal acts that go against principles of society
- 9. a type of defense where circumstances required the individual to commit the criminal act
- 11. unaware of what might happen (a variation of intent)
- 12. the state, in which the film entitled A TIME TO KILL was filmed (Canton)
- 13. the individual who allegedly committed a criminal act and/or supposedly caused harm
- 18. a type of misdemeanor that is punishable by fewer than thirty days in jail