1L CRIMINAL LAW TEST
Homicide - correct answerKilling of one human being by another
Homicide - correct answerHomicide is the killing of one human being by another human being.
Murder - correct answerMurder is the homicide with malice aforethought.
First Degree Murder - correct answerFirst degree murder is murder by poison; lying in wait; torture; murder
done willfully, deliberately and with premeditation; or murder that results from a death that occurred during
the commission of a dangerous felony—in other words, through application of the Felony Murder Rule.
Second Degree Murder - correct answerSecond degree murder is all other murders committed with malice
aforethought but which do not meet the requirements for murder in the first degree.
Manslaughter - correct answerManslaughter is an unlawful homicide committed without malice aforethought.
Voluntary Manslaughter - correct answerVoluntary manslaughter is the intentional homicide without actual
malice or with malice but under mitigating circumstances.
Involuntary Manslaughter - correct answerInvoluntary manslaughter is unintentional homicide without malice
but under circumstances involving gross negligence.
, Malice Aforethought - correct answerMalice aforethought exists when the defendant has a "man endangering
state of mind" as evidenced by one of the following intentions: 1. An intent to kill as expressed by the
defendant; 2. An intent to cause someone serious bodily harm as implied by the actions of the defendant; 3. A
wanton and willful disregard of human life as implied by the actions of the defendant; 4. An intent to resist a
lawful arrest in a dangerous manner as implied by the actions of the defendant.; 5. An intent to commit a
dangerous felony as implied by the actions of the defendant.
Willful - correct answerDone with intent
Deliberation - correct answerTo carefully consider
Premeditation - correct answerPremeditation means to think out or plan beforehand.
Actual Cause or Cause in Fact - correct answerActual Cause or Cause in Fact is that cause which starts, ignites or
makes possible the act which follows and is determined by the "but for" or "substantial factor" test.
Proximate Cause - correct answerProximate Cause is an act which in a natural and continuous sequence of
events, unbroken by unforeseeable, independent, intervening acts, causes injury to the plaintiff, without which
the injury would not have occurred.
The Intended Results Doctrine - correct answerThe Intended Results Doctrine holds that if a person causes
events to come about which obtain his or her desired result, then that person's actions are still the proximate
cause of the result even if an intervening act was independent and unforeseeable. This doctrine therefore
states an exception to the otherwise applied rule of proximate cause, as defined above.
The Doctrine of Contributory Causes - correct answerThe Doctrine of Contributory Causes holds that when
more than one cause brings about the result, then both are equally responsible.
The Corpus Delicti - correct answerThe Corpus Delicti is the body of the crime, meaning the prima facie case or
elements of the crime.
Mens Rea - correct answerA guilty mind or guilty intentions.
Homicide - correct answerKilling of one human being by another
Homicide - correct answerHomicide is the killing of one human being by another human being.
Murder - correct answerMurder is the homicide with malice aforethought.
First Degree Murder - correct answerFirst degree murder is murder by poison; lying in wait; torture; murder
done willfully, deliberately and with premeditation; or murder that results from a death that occurred during
the commission of a dangerous felony—in other words, through application of the Felony Murder Rule.
Second Degree Murder - correct answerSecond degree murder is all other murders committed with malice
aforethought but which do not meet the requirements for murder in the first degree.
Manslaughter - correct answerManslaughter is an unlawful homicide committed without malice aforethought.
Voluntary Manslaughter - correct answerVoluntary manslaughter is the intentional homicide without actual
malice or with malice but under mitigating circumstances.
Involuntary Manslaughter - correct answerInvoluntary manslaughter is unintentional homicide without malice
but under circumstances involving gross negligence.
, Malice Aforethought - correct answerMalice aforethought exists when the defendant has a "man endangering
state of mind" as evidenced by one of the following intentions: 1. An intent to kill as expressed by the
defendant; 2. An intent to cause someone serious bodily harm as implied by the actions of the defendant; 3. A
wanton and willful disregard of human life as implied by the actions of the defendant; 4. An intent to resist a
lawful arrest in a dangerous manner as implied by the actions of the defendant.; 5. An intent to commit a
dangerous felony as implied by the actions of the defendant.
Willful - correct answerDone with intent
Deliberation - correct answerTo carefully consider
Premeditation - correct answerPremeditation means to think out or plan beforehand.
Actual Cause or Cause in Fact - correct answerActual Cause or Cause in Fact is that cause which starts, ignites or
makes possible the act which follows and is determined by the "but for" or "substantial factor" test.
Proximate Cause - correct answerProximate Cause is an act which in a natural and continuous sequence of
events, unbroken by unforeseeable, independent, intervening acts, causes injury to the plaintiff, without which
the injury would not have occurred.
The Intended Results Doctrine - correct answerThe Intended Results Doctrine holds that if a person causes
events to come about which obtain his or her desired result, then that person's actions are still the proximate
cause of the result even if an intervening act was independent and unforeseeable. This doctrine therefore
states an exception to the otherwise applied rule of proximate cause, as defined above.
The Doctrine of Contributory Causes - correct answerThe Doctrine of Contributory Causes holds that when
more than one cause brings about the result, then both are equally responsible.
The Corpus Delicti - correct answerThe Corpus Delicti is the body of the crime, meaning the prima facie case or
elements of the crime.
Mens Rea - correct answerA guilty mind or guilty intentions.
