Week Three Worksheet CJA/354 Version 4

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Week Three Worksheet
Match the items in the Case Summary column to the Options in the right column by entering the correct corresponding alphabetical letter next to the numbers in the first column. Not all options ill be used. Case Summary Shaun is dri"ing home at night from ork on a six#lane road$ under the speed limit. There are no streetlights. % man is crossing the middle of the street$ and Shaun does not see him. Shaun hits the man and kills him. 0uth2s friend Mary asks her to dri"e her to a con"enience store and ait for her. While 0uth aits in the car$ Mary shoots and kills the clerk$ and robs the store. Mary gets in the car and 0uth dri"es a ay. The clerks death was a result of an of a criminal act known as an enumerated felony arson! rape! ro""ery or "ur#lary$ /isa comes home early from ork and finds her husband in bed ith her best friend. /isa grabs a handgun and shoots her friend in the head. 5achary suggested playing 0ussian roulette ith his friend ,ary$ because he had a handgun and only three bullets. ,ary shoots himself in the head and dies. Officer Chan is a city police officer ho pulled o"er a speeding car. 7pon asking for license and registration$ the dri"er grabbed a gun out of the glo"e box and began to turn to ard the officer. Officer Chan shot and killed the dri"er. &en and -eather ha"e a suicide pact$ because their families are pre"enting them from ha"ing a relationship. &en dri"es his car$ ith -eather in the passenger seat$ off the cliff. -eather li"es and &en dies. Since "oth were in a#reement to the suicide %eather could "e char#ed with aidin# or Options %. Murder &. 'oluntary manslaughter C. (n"oluntary manslaughter ). *ustifiable homicide !. !xcusable homicide +. Statutory rape ,. Malice aforethought -. Necessity (. *. +elony murder Suicide

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encoura#in# the suicide$ %fter a fight ith his ife$ Tom buys a sho"el and rope. -e tells his ife he ants to dri"e into the desert to look at the stars. While in the desert$ Tom chokes his ife. -e digs a hole and buries her in the hole. %ndre abuses his son$ *oe$ hich as noted by *oe2s teachers. %ndre gets extremely drunk one day and beats *oe again. %fter 3 days$ *oe dies from his in;uries. Scott murders his ife$ then takes a boat out to sea and dumps her body. Can Scott be charged ith homicide> Nicole o ns t o aggressi"e dogs that consistently get out of the backyard. The dogs attack and kill Nicole2s :?#year old neighbor as she takes her daily alk.

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11. -o does your state2s la define kidnapping> What degrees of kidnapping are effecti"e in your state> -o do federal kidnapping la s differ from your state2s kidnapping la s> (nclude references. Missouri Section 686.11? 0.S.Mo#@kidnappingA B1C %ny person committing a crime of kidnapping remo"es another person ithout his or her consent from their place or the unla ful confinement ithout for a substantial period of time. 11. -o do false imprisonment and abduction la s "ary from kidnapping in your state> (nclude references.

13. Dro"ide an example of a recent case in"ol"ing a computer or high#technology crime. What la as broken> When as this la enacted> What as the punishment> (nclude references.