Murder Self-Quiz
Elden is a skilled veterinarian
who specializes in organ transplants for sick livestock. Elden has a sister
who has fallen ill and will die unless she receives a kidney transplant.
Elden, who loves his sister dearly, decided to take matters into his own
hands. He tells his sister to meet him at his veterinary clinic at midnight
and he then disappears. Elden meets his sister at the clinic that night
with a homeless man he has lured to his clinic by promising him a free
meal. He puts both the man and his sister under and begins the process
of transplanting one of the man's kidneys to his sister. Unfortunately,
Elden accidentally nicks one of the man's arteries with his scalpel and
she dies during the operation. If Elden is charged with murder, he will
probably be:
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Axl and Duff are playing
a modified game of Russian roulette. The rules of the game are that Axl
spins the gun's chamber and then points the gun at Duff's head and pulls
the trigger. Then Duff does the same thing to Axl, and they continue to
take turns. After several rounds, Duff takes the gun, spins the chamber,
points the gun at Axl's head and pulls the trigger. Unfortunately, Axl's
luck runs out and the gun fires, killing him instantly. If Duff is charged
with murder, he will probably be:
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Axl and Duff are playing
a modified game of Russian roulette. The rules of the game are that Axl
spins the gun's chamber and then points the gun at Duff's dead and pulls
the trigger. Then Duff does the same thing to Axl, and they continue to
take turns. They are playing the game with one of Axl's father's specially
made handguns. This particular gun has a fifty bullet chamber. As such,
Duff believes that the odds are extremely low that anybody will get hurt.
After several rounds, Duff takes the gun, spins the chamber, points the
gun at Axl's head and pulls the trigger. Unfortunately, Axl's luck runs
out and the gun fires, killing him instantly. If Duff is charged with
murder, he will probably be:
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Roger and Martin are friends
who love to compete with each other. As such, they frequently bet on sporting
events and other things. One afternoon, they go on a fishing trip and
make a $500 bet on who can catch the bigger fish. Roger wins the bet but
Martin refuses to pay up. The next day, Roger goes to Martin's house to
collect his $500. Martin tells Roger that he will never pay up because
he thinks that Roger cheated. Roger is so angry that he pulls out the
fillet knife he keeps on him. As he is pulling the knife out, he decides
that he is going to kill Martin. Roger then stabs Martin in the throat,
killing him instantly. In this case, Rodger can be convicted of:
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One day, Bart decides to
rob the local Quickie-Mart. He enters the store but, as he pulls his gun
out, the proprietor rings an alarm to alert the police that his store
is being robbed. Bart decides to barricade the door in order to keep the
police out. He begins pushing one of the large freezer cases toward the
door. Unfortunately, the freezer case tips over, falls on the proprietor
and crushes him to death. If Bart is charged with felony murder, he will
probably be:
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Jessie and Billy put together
a plan to rob the First National Bank of Wyoming. As they are walking
down to the vault with the bank manager, the manager trips and falls down
a flight of stairs. The fall fractures the manager's scull and he dies
a few days later. If Billy and Jessie are charged with Felony Murder,
they will probably be:
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Billy and Jessie have successfully
run an insurance scam for the last six years, in which they have cheated
people out of several million dollars. The FBI has finally caught on to
them and they arrange to arrest Jessie and Billy at their office. When
Jessie and Billy see the Federal officers, they begin to run. As Jessie
is running from the office, he bumps into an intern from a neighboring
office and knocks her down a flight of stairs. The intern breaks her neck
in the fall and dies soon afterwards. If Jessie and Billy are charged
with felony murder they will probably be:
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Billy and Jessie are at
a club one night where they are both trying to attract the same girl.
Things get heated between the two and Jessie challenges Billy to a fight.
They go outside where Billy proceeds to beat Jessie within an inch of
his life. Jessie is taken to the hospital where he dies of his injuries
several days later. If Billy is charged with felony murder, he will probably
be:
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Bruno puts together a plan
to steal a valuable painting from the New York Metropolitan Museum of
Art and then sell it back to the museum for a ransom. His plan is to take
the painting back to a secret hiding place, hide for a few days and then
proceed over the boarder where he will then make contact with the museum.
Bruno successfully steals the painting and makes it back to his hideout.
After a few days, he begins to make his way to the border. Unfortunately,
as he is driving to the border, he loses control of his car and crashes
into another vehicle. The driver of the second car is killed in the accident.
Because of the accident, Bruno is caught and prosecuted for the theft
and for felony murder. In this case, he will be convicted for the felony
murder along with the theft:
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