- what type of process is used to restore serial numbers that have been obliterated?
- establishing a weapon fired a bullet is determined. by what?
- are friction ridges on the hand and feet form before or after birth?
- rather than ridge impressions (rare) ear prints use what?
- ridge line deviation is what type of characteristics?
- insights from psychiatrist, psychologist, and another behavioral scientist can be used to provide what?
- with the shift in investigative methos what was the main investigative technique used by the police departments?
- the failure to act when there's a legal duty to act
- a "circumstance" connected to an act, an intent, and/or a bad result
- he principle of criminal liability that requires that a criminal intent has to trigger the criminal act
- criminal intent, the mental element of a crime
- a criminal act triggered by criminal intent (mens rea)
- an obligation created by a statute, contract, or special relationship, and enforceable by law
- conduct that includes a voluntary act satisfies the voluntary act requirement
- Struck down a Texas statute making adult consensual same sex sodomy a crime
- Struck down a state law making it a crime for adults to possess pornography in the privacy of their homes
- defendants have to "start matters off by putting in some evidence in support" of their defenses of justification and excuse
- Struck down laws (1) making it a crime for married couples to use contraceptives and (2) to counsel couples on birth control
- intended to make sure that offenders who are convicted of a third felony get locked up for a very long time (sometimes for life)
- right to be secure in ones person, house, papers, and effects from unreasonable searches