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FACT PATTERN (Next 4 questions)Louis was pulled over by Officer Smith for failing to signal when changing lanes.  Because this is such a minor offense, Louis assumed he was pulled over because he had a bumper sticker on his car that read “KAP:– Kill All Police.” KAPwas a radical organization dedicated to the eradication of police forces everywhere.  When an additional police squad car pulled up, Louis was convinced it was a setup.  Although unarmed, he swung his fist at Officer Smith, striking the officer in the jaw.  Another officer, Officer Jones, saw this, and immediately drew his pistol and shot Louis in the stomach.  Louis then seized Officer Smith’s gun and shot at Officer Jones.  Louis missed, however, and killed an innocent bystander. Because Louis was the initial aggressor, he will be convicted of murdering the bystander.

With exceptions made for the “Discovery Rule” and a small number of crimes (e.g., homicides, some types of tax fraud, etc.), criminal prosecutions must be instituted within a certain time period in the overwhelming majority of U.S. jurisdictions.

At common law, the act of killing a woman who was eight months pregnant would normally result in the filing of two counts of a criminal homicide against the person causing the two deaths.

Transactional immunity provides a witness with substantially less protection from use immunity.

It was a dark and rainy night.  Out of the gloomy darkness, Deirdre Defendant approached Vladimir Victim from behind.  She stuck the gun in Vladimir’s back and shouted, “Your money or your life!”  Vladimir was scared out of his wits and collapsed on the spot.  Deirdre lifted Vladimir’s wallet and stuck it in the back pocket of her overalls.  Deirdre took off at fast pace.  After she traveled about 15 feet from Vladimir, the wallet slipped out of Deirdre’s pocket and felt the ground.  Deirdre did not realize this until she arrived home and found the wallet missing.  In the meantime, Vladimir revived.  He found the wallet with all of its contents intact.  Vladimir called the police to report the crime and later identified Deirdre in a lineup at the police station.  Deirdre should be convicted of:

Defendant, intending to harm (but not kill) Victim by shooting Victim in the arm with a small caliber gun, shoots and accidentally strikes Victim between the eyes with a bullet, killing Victim.  Defendant is guilty of murder in the second degree.

Possession involves a greater scope of authority over property than custody does.

Evaluate (not using a table) (no calculator)

Find the limit (not by tables) (no calculator)

Which of the following is NOT part of the Calvin cycle?