Nurse Could See Someone Legal Homicide

Nurse Could See Someone Legal Homicide

For your written assignment, you will review the following
scenarios and then write a paper concerning the possible crimes
associated with facts in the scenarios.

Scenario 1:

Jack,
Andy, Dale and Tom are hanging out one evening in the basement at
Andy’s house. Jack pulls out an AR-15 that he recently purchased. Jack
is bragging about how awesome the weapon is and says, “no one is going
to mess with me now!” Andy teases Jack saying, “you aren’t so tough. I
dare you to shoot that thing.” Jack points the gun at Andy and pulls the
trigger. To Jack’s surprise, the safety was not on. The gun fires,
hitting Andy in the chest. Stunned, Jack drops the gun and runs out of
the house. Dale and Tom load Andy into Dale’s truck and drive to the
hospital. When they get to the hospital, Dale and Tom leave Andy on the
sidewalk, honk the horn so the nurse could see someone needed help, and
drive off. Andy later dies from the gunshot wound. Jack is later taken
into custody and interviewed by police. During the interview, Jack says
that he thought the safety was on when he pointed the gun at Andy and
pulled the trigger.

Scenario 2:

Marcy is
hosting a birthday party for her 13-year-old daughter and several
friends. On the day of the party, Marcy realizes she forgot to pick up
the birthday cake at the local bakery. Marcy gets in her car and drives
to the bakery. As Marcy is speeding through the parking lot of the
bakery, a 3-year little boy runs out from behind a car. Marcy does not
see the little boy until it’s too late and she is not able to stop her
vehicle. Marcy hits the little boy and he later dies from his injuries.

Scenario 3:

Jenny
and Mike have been married twenty-five years. Jenny is an airline pilot
and is often gone several days during the week. One day, Jenny came
home early from a trip. She found Mike and Lisa, the housekeeper, in bed
together engaged in sexual acts. Jenny asked Mike what he was doing.
Mike told Jenny that the marriage was over and that he wanted a divorce.
During an argument that followed, Lisa ran run out of the house and
drove away. Jenny went to the gun safe in the home and got one of Mike’s
hunting rifles. She loaded the gun and told Mike that she hoped that he
had enjoyed life. Jenny shot and killed Mike. Later that night, Jenny
walked to Lisa’s house, only a few miles away. Jenny cut the screen on
Lisa’s bedroom window, climbed in, and shot Lisa in the head as she
slept. Lisa died from her injuries.

After
you have reviewed and studied the scenarios, conduct research to locate
the Minnesota State statutes regarding the following:

609.185 Murder in the first degree
609.19 Murder in the second degree
609.195 Murder in the third degree
609.20 Manslaughter in the first degree
609.205 Manslaughter in the second degree
609.21 Criminal vehicular homicide and injury

For
your written assignment, submit a paper where you address the following
issues related to each scenario, based on wording of applicable
Minnesota statutes:

  • What offenses, if any, have been committed in each scenario?
    • In other words, if you were the prosecutor, what offense(s) would you charge and why?
  • Are there different levels of homicide that have been committed?
  • What are the elements that the prosecutor must prove for each offense?
    • Be sure to include the relevant wording of each statute in your discussion.
  • What defenses might be raised?

Please be sure to prepare your assignment following APA citation and
format requirements. You must include proper citations to any source you
relied on for information that you include in your paper.