So I def got an A- in crim law, and I owe a fair amount of that to this video, and having it on constant repeat as i pored through the books. Thanks guys!
I think they were wrong to say "mistake of fact." It should have been factual impossibility (impossibility in fact). Mistake of fact deals with negating mens rea requirements. But what do I know, I'm just a lowly 1L. :(
Isn't mistake of fact a defense if the facts as you believed them, if true, would not have constituted a crime? Not necessarily a complete defense, but at least a mens rea defense? Also, I thought "substantial step" was MPC attempt. Isn't common law the "all but the last step"?
Your crim law professor is wrong. Mistake of fact is not a defense when, if the facts were as the actor believed them to be, a crime would have been committed. The pickpocket here is guilty of at least an attempt.
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I learned more from this video than I did this entire semester.
Props to my Alma Mater! Educational and hilarious at the same time!
So I def got an A- in crim law, and I owe a fair amount of that to this video, and having it on constant repeat as i pored through the books. Thanks guys!
By law students, for law students! Right on.
This is fantastic! I've got my crim law exam in two days, and this really helped relieve some pressure
Columbia, I love you. Hilarious.
Well done!
Best on youtube.
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Where the heck is the “random chime” from? It sounds exactly like the fire alarm in my building LOL
Awsome
are we in MPC land?
i have to lol, i have no idea what they on about, its just funny
I think they were wrong to say "mistake of fact." It should have been factual impossibility (impossibility in fact). Mistake of fact deals with negating mens rea requirements. But what do I know, I'm just a lowly 1L. :(
Isn't mistake of fact a defense if the facts as you believed them, if true, would not have constituted a crime? Not necessarily a complete defense, but at least a mens rea defense?
Also, I thought "substantial step" was MPC attempt. Isn't common law the "all but the last step"?
our crim law professor says there is something wrong with this video,
regarding mistake of fact being an excuse
lol
Your crim law professor is wrong. Mistake of fact is not a defense when, if the facts were as the actor believed them to be, a crime would have been committed. The pickpocket here is guilty of at least an attempt.