3 May 2023 8:26 am
Nostradamus'omh » 03 May 2023, 8:12 am » wrote: ↑ Yes. the person hiring was guilty of conspiring to have a person murdered paying someone to get it done because they wanted anyone else to take the fall.
that win win scenario like a promised tomorrow every rotation of the planet.
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"This is a classic first year exam question in criminal law. Groom hires Hitman to kill Bride. How many crimes can be charged, and what is the likely outcome?
The first crime is conspiracy to commit murder. Whenever two or more people join together to commit a crime, the joining together is a crime of its own, usually a felony. So both G and H are guilty of conspiracy to commit murder.H is guilty of murder by direct intent. H intentionally took the life of another with no excuse or justification, such as insanity.G is guilty of murder in two possible ways.
- The first is transfer of intent. Although G did not himself kill B, it was G’s intent that was the proximate cause of B’s death. Under the Model Penal Code, I would probably argue that hiring the hitman constituted the “prior act” necessary to constitute the crime.
- The second is a deviously circular argument for felony murder. Hiring someone to commit a crime is a felony. Conspiracy to commit a crime is a felony. Any felony that results in the death of another automatically escalates that death to first-degree murder.