Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Homicide
Homicide
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What is a Person?
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Unanswered questions
Circumstantial evidence
Deconstructing/Constructing a Murder
(without a body)
Murder
Two types:
Cont
2.
Motive (willful)
Deliberate method in the killing
(deliberate)
Signs of planning (premeditation)
Byford v State
Examples
Examples:
Depraved Heart
Felony Murder
Manslaughter
Defined:
The unlawful killing of another that
occurs voluntarily due to sudden
heat of passion or involuntarily where
there was no intent to do any harm
2 Types:
Voluntary Manslaughter
Involuntary Manslaughter
Voluntary Manslaughter
Heat of Passion Killing
Adequate Provocation
Objective standard
Must cause both the passion and the killing
Involuntary
Manslaughter
Defined
2 types:
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