A Person Does NOT Have to __________ in Order to Find

question 15

Multiple Choice

A person does NOT have to __________ in order to find that person guilty of committing a crime according to the MPC.

• A)purposely do or omit to do anything that,under the circumstances as he or she believes them to be,is an act or omission constituting a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in his or her commission of the crime
• B)purposely engage in conduct that would constitute the crime if the attendant circumstances were as he or she believes them to be
• C)purposely accomplish the actus reus of the intended crime,but in such a way that he or she lacks the necessary mens rea and thus the element of concurrence
• D)when causing a particular result is an element of the crime,do or omit to do anything with the purpose of causing or with the belief that it will cause such result without further conduct on his or her part

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Definitions:

Courts of Chancery

Courts that have jurisdiction over matters of equity, including trusts, land use, and the administration of estates, historically separate from courts of law.

Common Law

A legal system based on court precedents and customs, rather than codified written laws.

Civil Law

The system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.

Parliamentary Supremacy

The principle that Parliament has the highest legal authority within a jurisdiction, making laws that are not subject to judicial review or limitation by other bodies.