What is the legal definition of a voluntary act? Explain fault-based defenses and affirmative defenses and their relationship to the legal definition of a voluntary act. Provide examples

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The MPC—and many state criminal codes—define "voluntary," not by telling us what a voluntary act is, but by listing acts that are not voluntary. The list usually includes movements during various forms of automatism (bodily movements while unconscious). The MPC adds a fourth catchall to these, namely "a bodily movement that otherwise is not a product of the effort or determination of the actor, either conscious or habitual" (ALI 1985 § 2.01(2)). Fault-based defenses are defenses based on creating a reasonable doubt about the prosecution's proof of a voluntary act (sleepwalking). Affirmative defenses are defenses that take place after the prosecution has provided defendant's criminal conduct and provide excuses for criminal liability.

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When you have a judgment against someone who has not paid voluntarily, you will need to have some property of theirs legally designated as yours to fulfill the debt, which is called a(n) ______

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Patrol officers are often authorized to conduct investigations of certain categories of crimes, such as misdemeanors

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Experts estimate that at least _____ of college students are raped or sexually assaulted during their years in college

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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When police are operating in the order maintenance mode, they are generally using

A. a Kantian ethical formalism frame of reference B. a utilitarian frame of reference C. a Nicomachean frame of reference D. no particular frame of reference

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