Inchoate crimes and parties to crime — MCQs

Using only the supplied file and legal resources, prepare an advisory client letter evaluating the prosecution's murder theory, Jordan's self-defense argument, the causation issue, and the proposed manslaughter resolution. Explain the principal risks in plain language and recommend a negotiation position without predicting a certain verdict.

Using only the supplied file and legal resources, prepare an advisory letter explaining which charges the prosecution may retry. Address when jeopardy attached, the effect of the defense-requested mistrial, whether the prosecutor's conduct triggers the intent-to-provoke limitation, and the consequences of the firearm acquittal and robbery deadlock. Give realistic advice about the strength of a motion to bar retrial and identify the most useful remaining investigation concerning the prosecutor's intent. Do not use outside law.

Police arrested a driver on probable cause for leaving the scene of a collision. At the station, an officer placed the driver in an interview room and said, without giving warnings, “The damaged car contained a child’s backpack.” The driver remained silent. Twenty minutes later, while transporting the driver to a detention facility, two officers discussed between themselves that the injured child might die without information about what happened. The officers knew the driver could hear them but had not planned the conversation to obtain a response. The driver interrupted and said, “I was looking at my phone when I hit the car.” The prosecution seeks to use the statement in its case-in-chief. The driver has not alleged coercion. Is the court likely to suppress the statement?

During an argument, a man intentionally stabbed another person in the abdomen, intending to kill him. The victim was taken to a hospital, where a physician negligently failed to diagnose internal bleeding that ordinarily would have been detected and treated. The victim died from the combined effects of the wound and the untreated bleeding. A medical expert concluded that the victim would have survived with competent treatment, but the physician's negligence was not extraordinary or intentionally harmful. The prosecutor is considering a murder charge against the attacker. Which of the following is the strongest conclusion regarding causation?