CJ 320 Final questions with correct answers

Homicide Answer The killing of one human being by another, either lawfully or unlawfully. Homicide includes murder and manslaughter, which are unlawful acts of excessive and justifiable homicides, which are lawful. 4 types of unlawful murder Answer 1.) first degree 2.) second degree 3.) voluntary manslaughter 4.) involuntary manslaughter Penal Code Section 194 Answer To make the killing either murder or manslaughter, it is not requisite that the party die within three years and a day after the stroke received or the cause of death administered. If death occurs beyond the time of three years and a day, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the killing was not criminal. The prosecution shall bear the burden of overcoming this presumption. In the computation of time, the whole of the day on which the act was done shall be reckoned the first. Key issues for murder Answer whodunit? was the killing lawful? what is it? grading the offense (lesser charge) Murder (Penal Code Section 18) Answer the unlawful killing of a human being, or fetus, with malice aforethought