ADMJ 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Grievous Bodily Harm, Murder, Justifiable Homicide

• School: Pitt
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: ADMJ 1400
• Professor: David Cercone

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Born-alive rule: the rule that, to be a person, and therefore a homicide victim, a baby had to be (cid:862)(cid:271)o(cid:396)(cid:374) ali(cid:448)e(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)apa(cid:271)le of (cid:271)(cid:396)eathi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d (cid:373)ai(cid:374)tai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g a hea(cid:396)t(cid:271)eat o(cid:374) its o(cid:449)(cid:374) State v. fiero: it is homicide to kill a dying person. Excusable ho(cid:373)i(cid:272)ide: killi(cid:374)gs do(cid:374)e (cid:271)(cid:455) so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:862)(cid:374)ot sou(cid:374)d of (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)(cid:455) a(cid:374)d dis(cid:272)(cid:396)etio(cid:374)(cid:863) Criminal homicide: all homicides that are neither justified nor excused. Malice aforethought: originally the mental state of intentional killing, with some amount of spite, hate, or bad will, planned in advance of the killing. Intent to cause serious bodily injury: no intent to kill is required when a victim dies following acts triggered by the intent to inflict serious bodily injury short of death. Elements of murder: murder actus reus (the act of killing, murder mens rea (intentional, knowing, or extremely reckless killing, causatio(cid:374) (cid:894)the a(cid:272)t (cid:272)aused (cid:895, death, attendant circumstances (if there are any)