Under PA Crimes Code Title 18 § 2501, criminal homicide is committed when a person:
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Under 18 Pa.C.S. § 2502, first-degree murder requires:
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Offense committed when a person unlawfully takes or exercises control over another person's movable property with intent to deprive the owner.
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Chapter 1: Introduction to PA Crimes Code & Offense Classification
1.1 Structure & Principles of Title 18 PA Crimes Code
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Second-degree murder under PA law is best described as:
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Under 18 Pa.C.S. § 2503, voluntary manslaughter occurs when a person kills another:
Offense of intentionally starting a fire or causing an explosion that recklessly places another person in danger of death or bodily injury.
Under 18 Pa.C.S. § 2504, involuntary manslaughter is:
Analogy: name the relationship
Under 18 Pa.C.S. § 2701, simple assault includes which of the following?
Criminal homicide that is first degree when the killing is intentional and second degree when committed during a felony.
1.2 Offense Grading, Penalties & Culpability
Under 18 Pa.C.S. § 2702, aggravated assault (felony of the first degree) requires that the defendant:
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Professional-to-person-served analogy
Under PA law, "serious bodily injury" means bodily injury that:
Defense that excuses conduct because the actor was coerced by unlawful force or a threat that a person of reasonable firmness could not resist.
Robbery under 18 Pa.C.S. § 3701 is best defined as:
Diligent
Under 18 Pa.C.S. § 3502, burglary requires that a person:
Governmental intrusion into a person, house, paper or possession that Pennsylvania's constitution protects against when unreasonable.
Criminal procedure
1.3 Statutory Defenses & Justification
Under 18 Pa.C.S. § 3921, theft by unlawful taking occurs when a person:
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Impartial
Under 18 Pa.C.S. § 3925, receiving stolen property requires that the actor:
Custodial action that institutes a summary criminal proceeding and may be taken without a warrant only when specifically authorized by law.
In Pennsylvania, drug offenses are codified primarily under:
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Prudent
Possession with intent to deliver (PWID) a controlled substance in PA is established by:
Pennsylvania pretrial program, entered on the prosecutor's motion, whose satisfactory completion lets a defendant earn dismissal of the charges and expungement of the arrest record.
Chapter 2: Homicide & Assault Offenses in PA
2.1 Criminal Homicide in Pennsylvania
Under 18 Pa.C.S. § 2706, terroristic threats include:
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Mitigate
Under 18 Pa.C.S. § 2709.1, stalking requires a course of conduct that:
Problem-oriented policing model that starts by identifying recurring problems and ends by judging whether the chosen intervention worked.
Community policing
Under 18 Pa.C.S. § 2709, harassment includes:
Onerous
Under 18 Pa.C.S. § 5503, disorderly conduct includes:
Kind of policing that unreasonably uses race, ethnicity, national origin, gender or religion when deciding to begin an enforcement action.
Human relations
2.2 Assault & Reckless Endangerment
Domestic violence in PA — a Protection From Abuse (PFA) order — is governed by:
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