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MPC stands for Model Penal Code, a statutory model of a penal code for states to adopt or modify as states see fit.
The Model Penal Code has consolidated larceny, embezzlement and false pretenses into a single offense - theft. Most states have adopted this approach. MPC does not require the "carrying away" requirement of common law larceny in order to satisfy the elements of theft.
USC means United States Code in the penal code.
All 50 US states have penal codes. The penal code defines the crime and specifies the punishment for the crime.
The Model Penal Code is used to stimulate and assist legislatures in order to update and standardize the penal law of the US. They are considered the best rules for the penal law.
There is very little or no difference between states that call their statutes the Penal Code, and the states that call them the Criminal Code.
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It depends where you are. Different states and countries use different code systems.
The Model Penal Code (MPC) is a http://www.answers.com/topic/statute-1 text which was developed by the http://www.answers.com/topic/american-law-institute (ALI) in 1962. The current form of the MPC was last updated in 1981. The purpose of the MPC was to stimulate and assist legislatures in making an effort to update and standardize the http://www.answers.com/topic/penal-law of the United States of America. The standard they used to make a determination of what the penal code should be was one of "contemporary reasoned judgment" - meaning what a reasoned person at the time of the development of the MPC would judge the penal law to do. The ALI performed an examination of the penal system in the USA and the prohibitions, sanctions, excuses, and authority that are used throughout. The MPC was a combination of what the ALI deemed to be the best rules for the penal system in the United States. Since its formulation, the MPC has played an important role in standardizing the codified penal laws of the United States.
U.C.C. is secondary authority. U.C.C. and Model Penal Code are both proposed statutes that CAN be adopted by legislature. They are similar to the Restatements. They are only proposed ideas (although intricate). Courts can rely on them if there is no similar precedent. They are secondary authority. Note: Most (if not all) jurisdictions have incorporated some form of the UCC into state statute. That portion is then primary authority.
penal code ; by Celina Towns