Question 1

If use of a medical life support system prevents a determination of whether an individual's heart is beating naturally,the individual is considered legally dead if he or she has irreversible cessation of spontaneous ________ function.

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Question 2

In criminal homicide cases,certain elements of the offense can be proven only by circumstantial evidence.To rebut an accused's claim that his killing of the victim was accidental,the prosecution might show that the accused had a ___________ to desire the victim dead.

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Question 3

Under the traditional American System of Classification of criminal homicides,the offense of voluntary manslaughter is an intentional killing that lacks the element of ________.

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Question 4

The two methods of determining whether or not a person is legally dead are ______ death and _________ death.

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Question 5

Corporations may be held criminally responsible for committing criminally negligent homicide if the company's failure to abide by worker safety regulations causes a death.

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This is true under certain circumstances, such as if the failure to abide by worker safety regulations was a direct cause of the death and if the corporation acted with gross negligence or recklessness.

Question 6

Under the traditional American System of Classification of criminal homicides,the most serious form of criminal homicide is ________ degree murder.

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Question 7

The primary difference between a homicide and a criminal homicide is the absence or presence of a ______ mental state.

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Question 8

If Jason knowingly places poison in Rebecca's coffee and she dies as a result,Jason has committed the crime of __________.

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Question 9

While fleeing in his car following the robbery of a liquor store,Jesse inadvertently strikes and kills Frank,a pedestrian crossing the street.Jesse can properly be convicted of murder under the application of the ____ murder rule.

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Question 10

Under the Texas Penal Code,an _______________ is "a human being who is alive,including an unborn child."

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Question 11

To convict an accused of criminally negligent homicide,the prosecution must establish that the accused acted in a wanton or reckless manner in causing the death.

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Criminally negligent homicide requires proving that the accused failed to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that their conduct would cause death, which is a lower standard than the wanton or reckless conduct required for other types of homicide charges.

Question 12

____________ manslaughter is the term used in the traditional American System of Classification of criminal homicides to describe unlawful killings that do not fit within any other category

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Question 13

Murders and manslaughters,but not accidental deaths,are forms of ____________ homicides.

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Question 14

To successfully pursue criminal homicide charges against an individual for killing a pregnant woman's fetus,the prosecutor must establish that the fetus was __________ at the time of the fatal action.

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Question 15

Although it is almost always proven in murder cases,_________ is actually an element of the offense only in certain forms of capital murder.

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Question 16

For conduct to constitute a criminal homicide,generally there must not only be a death but a _____(three words)_____.

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Question 17

Ben is the beneficiary of a $1,000,000 life insurance policy on his business partner Johnny.If Johnny dies unexpectedly under mysterious circumstances,Ben may become the prime suspect because he has a ____________ to wish Johnny dead.

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Question 18

Under Texas law,the primary test for determining whether or not an individual is legally dead is known as __________ death.

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Question 19

Under the Texas Penal Code,human life begins at the point of _____________.

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Question 20

Bob and Ray get into a fistfight.Bob grabs a nearby shovel and strikes Ray.The blow ruptures Ray's kidney and he dies.Bob tells the police Ray was his friend and he did not intend to kill Ray.Nonetheless,Bob is facing murder charges because he intended to cause serious bodily injury to Ray and committed an act ___(two words)_____ to human life.

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Quiz 5: Criminal Homicide