Answers! (Graded A+)
A young man walking in a gang area is confronted by four other young men. The four shoved him to
the ground and kicked him until he was unconscious.
The officer arrested the four men for assault with a deadly weapon. Did the officer act appropriately?
- Yes - The four committed assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury. (the last crime
element)
During a break in courtroom proceedings, two attorneys entered an empty elevator. Without
warning, the defense attorney pushed the emergency button and began to harass the prosecuting
attorney about a suspected ethics violation. When the prosecutor demanded to get off the elevator,
the defense attorney refused to reactivate it.
has a crime occurred? - yes = False imprisonment - maybe felony if violence, menace, fraud, or deceit
was used
A woman discovered that her husband was having an affair with her best friend. She purchased a
handgun and returned after a two-week waiting period to pick up the gun. She then drove to her
friend's house and waited for her to come home from work. When the friend got out of her car, the
woman shot her several times and killed her. The woman has committed the crime of murder (f).
Is it likely it will be charged as first-degree murder? - yes - Premeditated and lying in wait
A house's regular occupant had been in a convalescent home for more than one year. She fully
intended to return, and the house was being regularly maintained in the meantime.
is the house considered inhabited? - Yes
Inhabited means currently used for dwelling purposes, but not necessarily actually occupied, now of
the crime
A woman was selling computers from the back of a truck. A potential customer looked at the
computers and realized that the serial numbers were missing from the monitors and computer units.
He called the police who arrested the woman for knowingly selling property with altered serial
numbers.