Question

Bertha takes her roommate’s credit card with the intent to charge for expenses she will incur on a vacation. Bertha’s first stop is at the Shell gas station where she used the card to fill her car with gas.Briefly List the elements of criminal law. What crime did Bertha commit? Which elements of criminal law are relevant to this crime?

Answer 1

The elements of a crime are criminal act, criminal intent, concurrence, causation, harm, and attendant circumstances. Only crimes that specify a bad result have the elements of causation and harm.

Her intent- To charge for expenses she will incur on a vacation.

Concurrence- She used the card to fill her car with gas.

She committed Larceny with intent.

The crime included the elements of crimincal intent, concurrence and causation.

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