Criminal Law Foundations Evaluations University of Phoenix CJA/484 January 8‚ 2013 Introduction The United States Constitution was created to establish the new government after the colonies and early settlers broke free from the reign of England. This document established the foundation of the federal government that still stands today. The Constitution is focused on providing both liberty and prosperity to citizens of the new state (U.S. Const. pmbl.‚ 1787). In an effort to avoid
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Week 5 Individual Work Diane Emler Everest University Online CJL 3215-6 Concepts of Criminal Law William Elfo August 17‚ 2013 The Choice of Evil Defense is also called the General Defense of Necessity. This defense justifies an act that may be a crime but is done to prevent a greater evil. “the choice of evil’s defense consists of proving that the defendant made the right choice‚ the only choice—namely‚ the necessity of choosing now to do a lesser evil to avoid a greater evil” (Samaha‚ 2014). The
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Criminal Law notes 1.Voluntary act: Status offences – no conduct is required but the crime is committed when a certain state of affair exists or the defendant is in a certain condition or is of a particular status. R v Larsonneur (1933) – Appellant was brought involuntarily back to the UK where she was charged on being an ‘alien’. LCJ Hewart claimed the ‘circumstances are perfectly immaterial’ Winzar v Chief constable of Kent (1983) – drunk on a public highway. LJ Robert Goff claimed ‘it is enough
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Midterm Criminal Law State v. Doug Homicide: The unlawful taking of the life of one human being by another. Actual Causation : The defendant’s act must have been the “cause in fact” of the victim’s death. Without the defendant’s actions‚ the victim would not have died. “But for” Doug shooting and killing Tom‚ he would not have died. Proximate Causation: A defendant’s actions are the proximate cause of the victim’s death if the result occurs as a consequence of the defendant’s
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Learner achievement must be recorded on the Unit summary sheet for multiple assignments (this must include the Level achieved and the overall grade profile and final grade) NB: All learner achievement is provisional until confirmed at the AVA Awards Board Title of Access to HE Diploma: Business Unit title(s): Developing a Marketing Plan Unit code(s): BA1/3/LN/09 Learner: Tutor/Assessor: Zara Bokhari Assignment number: 1 of 2 for this Unit Description of Assignment: The assignment
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skills‚ knowledge and confidence‚ combined with experience. ISRM recognises the importance of this role and has specifically developed this qualification to address the needs of existing and aspiring supervisors. Unit 1: Employment practice in sport and recreation The aim of this unit is to prepare the supervisor in the role of assisting the organisation in the process of human resource management‚ including the technical aspects of organisational human resource needs‚ recruitment and the selection
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CS113 Academic Strategies for the Business Professional Unit 9 Career Action Plan Assignment Name: Two-digit Section #: Instructions: Download this document to your computer before filling it out. All of the gray boxes below should be appropriately filled in and the document saved again before submitting to the Unit 9 dropbox. Develop your own Career Action Plan based on information you have gained in this course. Consider information from
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Attempt is defined as having the intent to commit a crime and taking a step beyond mere preparation toward the completion of the crime. There are several tests to determine if an attempt was actually committed. The Last Act This is under common law and rejected by almost all jurisdictions as of date. This test says that in order to complete an attempt the individual must have taken the last step necessary for the completion. EX. Firing the gun. Last Proximate Act In order to prove attempt
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NT1310 Unit 9 Assignment 1 A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor light source. LEDs are used as indicator lamps in many devices and are increasingly used for general lighting. Appearing as practical electronic components in 1962‚ early LEDs emitted low-intensity red light‚ but modern versions are available across the visible‚ ultraviolet‚ and infrared wavelengths‚ with very high brightness.When a light-emitting diode is switched on‚ electrons are able to recombine with holes
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Week 2 Mens Rea The defendant’s mental state. Mens Rea and Actus Reus are necessary for a crime; apart from in strict liability crimes when mens rea is not necessary. Different crimes have different mens rea. Example: murder requires intention to cause death or GBH. Sometimes an offence will have different mens rea for different aspects of the crime. Example: rape needs intention to commit sexual intercourse but only needs recklessness as to whether the victim is consenting
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