California criminal law recognizes
the alibi defense
as a valid defense in a criminal case.
What defenses can be raised by a criminal defendant who is found to have committed a criminal act?
- Accidents.
- Alibis.
- Coerced Confessions.
- Double Jeopardy.
- Duress.
- Entrapment.
- False Accusations / Wrongful Arrest.
- Insanity.
What are the 4 defenses to a crime?
When it comes to criminal cases, there are usually four major criminal defense strategies that criminal attorneys employ:
innocence, constitutional violations, self-defense, and insanity
.
What defenses are available to the accused?
- Innocence. One of the simplest defenses to criminal liability is the defense of innocence. …
- Constitutional Violations. …
- Alibi. …
- Insanity. …
- Self-Defense. …
- Defense-of-Others. …
- Defense-of-Property. …
- Involuntary Intoxication.
What are the two common types of defenses?
The Defendant Was Justified in His or Her Actions
Another category of defenses applies when the defendant committed the crime but argues that he or she was justified in doing so. The most commonly recognized of these defenses are
self-defense and defense of others.
What are the six defenses or excuses for legal responsibility?
Excuse defenses include
insanity, diminished capacity, duress, mistake, infancy and entrapment
. If a defendant is legally insane at the time he commits the crime, he may be found not guilty by reason of insanity.
What are the 7 elements of a crime?
- Legality (must be a law) …
- Actus reus (Human conduct) …
- Causation (human conduct must cause harm) …
- Harm (to some other/thing) …
- Concurrence (State of Mind and Human Conduct) …
- Mens Rea (State of Mind; “guilty mind”) …
- Punishment.
What excuse defense is most difficult to prove?
The M'Naghten insanity defense, also called the right-wrong test
, is the most common insanity defense in the United States. It is also the oldest and was created in England in 1843. The defense is named after Daniel M'Naghten.
How do you defend yourself against criminal charges?
If you don't make a no-evidence motion (or you do but the judge doesn't agree with you), you can present your defence. You can use documents,
call witnesses
, and, if you like, give your own personal testimony. If you call witnesses, you question them first, and then the prosecutor may cross-examine (question) them.
What defenses are based on problems with the way evidence is obtained?
| A B | _______________ defenses are based on problems with the way evidence is obtained. procedural | An accused person who does not know the difference between right and wrong may claim to have ____ criminal insanity |
|---|
What are the 7 procedural defenses?
- collateral estoppel.
- denial of a speedy trial.
- double jeopardy.
- entrapment.
- prosecutorial misconduct.
- selective prosecution.
- exclusionary rule.
- facts found by judge rather than jury.
What are three categories that a defendant may use to defend himself?
Four elements are required for self-defense: (1) an unprovoked attack, (2) which threatens imminent injury or death, and
(3) an objectively reasonable degree of force
, used in response to (4) an objectively reasonable fear of injury or death.
What are the four categories of defenses?
In criminal cases, there are usually four primary defenses used:
innocence, self-defense, insanity, and constitutional violations
. Each of these has their uses, and not all cases can use these defense strategies.
What are the five defenses?
- Alibi Defense. The alibi defense consists of presenting evidence that the defendant was elsewhere at the time the crime was committed. …
- Self-Defense. Self-defense was the key question raised in the recent George Zimmerman case. …
- Insanity Defense. …
- Entrapment Defense. …
- “Under The Influence” Defense.
What is victim defenses?
Most obviously, self-defense exculpates a defendant for killing when the victim has engaged in imminently life-threatening conduct. Other victim liability defenses in the criminal law include
provocation, defense of others
, and defense of property.
What are the different football defenses?
DEFENSE. There are three basic levels to a defensive formation:
the line, linebackers and the secondary
. Variations to defensive formations come in the number and combinations of players at each of these levels. Traditionally, defensive formations are named according to the number of down linemen and linebackers.
