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Revision as of 10:41, 18 August 2010
Following is a list of common crimes that defendants are charged with:
Contents
Elements of a Crime
As a general rule, every crime has four elements:
- Actus Reus (Voluntary Act)
- Mens Rea (Culpable Mental State)
- Concurrence of Actus Reus and Mens Rea
- Damages
Crimes Against the Person
- Murder
- Felony Murder
- Manslaughter - Voluntary
- Manslaughter - Involuntary
- Assault
- Battery
- Mayhem
- Rape
- Kidnapping
- Human or Sex Trafficking
Crimes Against Property
- Arson
- Blackmail
- Burglary
- Embezzlement
- Extortion
- False Pretense
- Larceny
- Receiving Stolen Property
- Robbery
- Trespass
Crimes Against the State
- Treason
- Possession or sale of controlled substances
- Prostitution
Inchoate Crimes
- Accomplice Liability
- Attempt
- Conspiracy
- Solicitation
Conspiracy
Solicitation
An individual may be culpable of solicitation if he or she encourages another to commit a particular offense. Solicitation is a specific intent crime in the United States. The solicited individual need only attempt to complete the crime for solicitation to exist.
There is one primary defense to solicitation:
- Renunciation - In order to use this defense, the defendant must 1) renounce intent for principal to commit crime and 2) discourage or otherwise stop principal from completing crime,
Example: A person is guilty of solicitation if:
- his purpose is to promote or facilitate the commission of a substantive offense; and
- with such purpose, he commands, encourages or requests another person to engage in conduct that would constitute the crime, an attempt to commit it, or would establish the other person's complicity in its commission or attempted commission. [1]
