JURI 540 Quiz 2 Inchoate Crimes
JURI 540 Quiz 2 Inchoate Crimes
- Tom had a heart ailment so serious that his doctors had concluded that only a heart transplant could save his life. They therefore arranged to have him flown to a nearby city to have the operation performed. Dan, Tom’s nephew, who stood to inherit from Tom, poisoned him. The poison produced a reaction, which required postponing the journey. The plane on which Tom was to have flown crashed, and all aboard were killed. By the following day, Tom’s heart was so weakened by the effects of the poison that he suffered a heart attack and died. If charged with criminal homicide, Dan should be found:
- Bubble Bass was late for an appointment across town. Because of this, he was driving recklessly through traffic at a high rate of speed. While driving across town, Bubble Bass drove through a red light. There were a number of people crossing the street at the time and Bubble Bass hit one of them. The person he hit was seriously injured and was rushed to the hospital. Bubble Bass was charged with attempted murder. Bubble Bass should be:
- Assume that one of Ms. Roberts’s “biggest fans” drives up to the 7-Eleven just as the shooting starts. He recognizes Ms. Roberts and realizes that she isn’t a real cop. He thinks she’s filming a movie. With the dead “robbers” down on the ground, he helps Ms. Roberts load the bags of “evidence” and the robbers’ bodies into the “police car” and says “Good work, officer” as she drives off. Which of the following is a TRUE statement?
- Which of the following defendants is guilty as a principal, and punishable for the charged offense?
- Algore and Bidoon are at the corner store. They really want some 5 Guys fries, but they don’t have any money. Algore has a plan. He tells Bidoon that if he (Bidoon) will distract the cashier by talking about last night’s episode of “The Biggest Loser,” he (Algore) will stuff fries down his pockets for them to split when they get back to the White House. Bidoon agrees. However, Bidoon feels the need to “get into character.” In order to do that, Bidoon goes home to watch his TiVo recording of “The Biggest Loser.” When Bidoon is confident that he knows everything about exercise and eating right, he and Algore walk back to the store. Bidoon distracts the cashier by chatting about his favorite trainer, Jillian. As Algore picks up some fries and puts them in his pocket, an old woman raps him on the hand with her cane and shouts, “Stop, Thief!” Algore and Bidoon are arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit larceny, a third degree felony. Under the Model Penal Code, when was their crime of conspiracy complete?
- Romo, a locksmith, knew that his friend, Rodgers had been having marital problems. Rodgers, who was a stock clerk at the hardware store where Romo worked, had told Romo that he suspected that his wife was having an affair with their co-worker named Manning. In fact, Rodgers had even borrowed some of Romo’s tools to break into a locked chest of his wife’s to find evidence of the affair. One afternoon at the store, Rodgers, visibly upset, ran up to Romo and asked to borrow some of his tools, telling him that Manning took the afternoon off of work and was probably going to meet up with his wife. Romo gave him the tools, telling him, “Don’t do anything you’ll regret later.” Rodgers patted something under his jacket as he was leaving saying, “I think some other people are going to have the regrets.” Romo, who knew that Rodgers had been working on a display case for hunting knives that morning, began to have second thoughts about giving Rodgers the tools, but he didn’t do anything immediately because he did not want to get himself and Rodgers into trouble. Meanwhile, Rodgers went to Manning’s apartment and picked the door lock using Romo’s tools. He found his wife and Manning in bed together and stabbed Manning, seriously wounding him. A few minutes later, Romo called Manning’s apartment to try and warn Manning about Rodgers. After Rodgers was arrested, he agreed to plead guilty to aggravated battery and attempted voluntary manslaughter in exchange for testifying against Romo, who was charged as an accomplice to attempted murder. Can Romo be convicted of that charge?
- Able wanted to kill Baker. Able believed in voodoo. More specifically, Able believed that by sticking pins into a voodoo doll made to look like Baker, he would cause Baker to suffer a slow and painful death. Able obtained a voodoo doll made to look like Baker, and performed a voodoo ritual to ensure that the doll would serve its intended purpose. Able then began to stick pins into the voodoo doll. Of course, Baker did not die as a result of Able’s acts. Is Able guilty of attempted murder?
- Sally was upset with her husband, Thomas, for being unfaithful to their marriage vows. She thought he needed to be taught a good lesson about how it felt to be venerable and all alone. Sally called Thomas and told him that they needed to talk. Due to their notoriety, she said that the only place they could talk in private was at night as they drove around town. That evening, Sally picked Thomas up at the hotel he had been staying at since she had kicked him out of the house. As they drove to a desolate spot ten miles outside of town, Sally ordered Thomas out of the car at knifepoint while screaming, “Why don’t you walk back and learn how it feels to be all alone in such a dark world!” Feeling very scared (and lonely) Thomas began the long walk home on a very dark country road. At one moment, Thomas became extremely frightened after hearing what seemed to be a sound of a hyena. He started to run as fast as he could when all of a sudden he ran right into the antlers of a buck who had been standing in the middle of the road. Thomas was instantly killed by the impact. Is Sally criminally responsible for Thomas’s death?
- Charlie and Debbie decided to make methamphetamine for themselves and their friends. Debbie looked up a recipe to make methamphetamine on the Internet. Charlie went to the local drug store and bought some iodine and some matches, two of the ingredients in the recipe. However, Charlie was unable to purchase any Sudafed or other medications containing ephedrine, another ingredient in the recipe, due to new restrictions imposed by state law on such purchases. After Charlie left the drug store, the pharmacist called the police and reported Charlie’s efforts to purchase Sudafed. Charlie and Debbie were both arrested. Is Debbie guilty of attempted manufacture of methamphetamine?
- Able, Baker, and Charlie decided to operate a cocaine business. Able agreed to buy large amounts of cocaine from a major drug kingpin; Baker agreed to arrange for a number of street dealers to sell the cocaine; and Charlie agreed to use his network of tough friends and associates to protect the cocaine and ensure that the street dealers would not try to rip them off. The three men shook hands on the agreement, and then parted ways. Two days later, police showed up and arrested Baker. In reality, Able and Charlie were undercover cops who played along in order to catch Baker. Is Baker guilty of common law conspiracy to sell cocaine?