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Criminal Law and Procedure

I. Homicide

A. Intended killings

1. Premeditation-deliberation
2. Provocation

B. Unintended killings

1. Intent to injure
2. Reckless and negligent killings
3. Felony murder
4. Misdemeanor-manslaughter

II. Other crimes

A. Theft

1. Larceny
2. Embezzlement
3. False pretenses

B. Receiving stolen goods
C. Robbery
D. Burglary
E. Assault and battery
F. Rape; statutory rape
G. Kidnapping
H. Arson

III. Inchoate crimes; parties

A. Inchoate offenses

1. Attempts
2. Conspiracy
3. Solicitation

B. Parties to crime

IV. General principles

A. Acts and omissions
B. State of mind

1. Required mental state
2. Strict liability
3. Mistake of fact or law

C. Responsibility

1. Mental disorder
2. Intoxication

D. Causation
E. Justification and excuse

V. Constitutional protection of accused persons

A. Arrest, search and seizure
B. Confessions and privilege against self-incrimination
C. Lineups and other forms of identification
D. Right to counsel
E. Fair trial and guilty pleas
F. Double jeopardy

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February 2008 MEE Questions

Decedents’ Estates Question
Torts Question
Family Law Question
Evidence Question
Corporations Question
Federal Civil Procedure Question
Secured Transactions Question
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