Cell Block Tango

Denzel Washington

Pam Hart

Criminal Laws

11-20-2012

Cell Block Tango

Murder 1

M/R: purposeful state of mind to achieve a specific goal or outcome which is the intent to kill (premeditation)

A/R: voluntary act of killing (bodily movement + will)

Murder 2

M/R: a knowledge state of mind to kill with malice or very, very, very reckless callous disregard for human life.

A/R: voluntary act of killing (bodily movement + will)

Voluntary Manslaughter

Heat of Passion- extreme emotion of anger

No time to cool off

Adequate provocation- Mutual combat, assault and battery, trespass and adultery, sudden declaration of adultery”

Involuntary Manslaughter-

M/R- reckless (consciously aware of) or negligent (unconsciously aware of) creating an unjustified risk of harm.

Voluntary act of killing (bodily movement + will)

Pop (Murder 2)

M/R- She had a knowledge state of mind to kill with malice because she didn’t like it when Ernie popped his gum and she had the intent to create serious bodily injury with very, very, very callous disregard to his life reaching for the shotgun off the wall after he popped his gum again.

A/R- Her reaching for the shotgun firing two rounds off into his head was bodily movement out of her own free will

Six (Murder 1)

M/R- She purposeful state of mind to achieve a specific goal or outcome which is the intent to kill because she found out her lover lied to her about being single had several wives. When he’d come from work she had a regular routine to fix him a drink and they’d eat dinner together except this time she drugged his drank with arsenic shows it was a premeditated murder.

A/R- The bodily movement is her fixing something to drink lacing it with arsenic out of her own free will.

Squish (involuntary manslaughter)

M/R- She was consciously aware of the unjustified risk of harm by having the knife.

A/R- Her stabbing him ten times is bodily movement out of her own free will

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