ADMJ 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Appellate Court, Silver Chloride, Business Matters

• School: American River College
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: ADMJ 300
• Professor: Mckinnon

Document Summary

One worker died after cleaning cyanide vat. President, vice president and manager all charged with murder. Corporation (consisting of same people) charged with manslaughter. The judge allowed charges against individuals and as individuals as representatives of corporation (in essence: same people both crimes) Crimes required two different states of mind (specific mens rea) Appellate court: you can"t attribute the same people with incompatible states of mind for the same actions, but also found that they could be found guilty of murder. Legal issues should be numbered if more than one answer each question. Need more detail in appellate court rationale section it is the most important. No charge as attempted manslaughter provocation = manslaughter. Justifications these render it such that yes, the person did the act in question but under circumstances such tht what they did was not the wrong thing to do: self-defense, duress (sometimes) Criminal law punishes people who violate us in certain ways and standards of culpability.