Week Three WorksheetCJA/354 Version41CJA/354 Criminal Law Case Analysis and Legal ComparisonsUniversity MaterialStudent: James LairdWeek ThreeWorksheetMatch the itemsin theCase Summarycolumnto theOptionsin therightcolumnby entering thecorrectcorresponding alphabetical letter next to the numbers in the first column.Not all optionswill be used.Case SummaryOptions1.EShaun is driving home at night from work on asix-lane road, under the speed limit. There arenostreetlights. A man is crossing the middleof the street, and Shaun does not see him.Shaun hits the man and kills him.A.MurderB.VoluntarymanslaughterC.InvoluntarymanslaughterD.JustifiablehomicideE.ExcusablehomicideF.StatutoryrapeG.MaliceaforethoughtH.NecessityI.FelonymurderJ.SuicideK.Second-degreemurderL.RenunciationM.Corpusdelicti2.IRuth’s friend Mary asks her to drive her to aconvenience store and wait for her. WhileRuth waits in the car, Mary shoots and killsthe clerk,and robs the store. Mary gets in thecar and Ruth drives away.3.BLisa comes home early from work and findsher husband in bed with her best friend. Lisagrabs a handgun and shoots her friend in thehead.4.GZachary suggested playing Russian roulettewith his friend Gary, because he had ahandgun and onlythreebullets. Gary shootshimself in the head and dies.5.DOfficer Chanis acity police officer who pulledover a speeding car.Upon asking forlicenseand registration, the driver grabbed a gun outof the glove box and began to turn toward theofficer. Officer Chan shot and killed the driver.6.LBen and Heather have a suicide pact,because their families are preventing themfromhaving a relationship. Ben drives his car,with Heather in the passenger seat, off thecliff. Heather livesandBen dies.7.GAfter a fight with his wife,Tom buys a shoveland rope. Hetells his wife he wants to driveinto the desert to look atthe stars. While inthe desert, Tomchokes his wife. He digs ahole and buries her in the hole.Preview Mode
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