Accidental Victim Means Manslaughter
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Subject distribution
- CRIMINAL1
Example wrong choices
21320_javelin-at-camp-elijah · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, but only of involuntary manslaughter because Ruth's death was accidental.
Why it's attractive
Uses accidental in the lay sense to reduce the charge; but transferred intent carries the full mental state — intent to kill gives murder, not involuntary manslaughter.
Why it's wrong
Uses accidental in the lay sense to reduce the charge; but transferred intent carries the full mental state — intent to kill gives murder, not involuntary manslaughter.
21320_javelin-at-camp-elijah · CRIMINAL · Choice BNo, because Philip intended to kill Eli, not Ruth.
Why it's attractive
Flat misstatement of transferred intent — the doctrine is precisely the answer to this argument. Intent transfers from the intended victim to the actual victim.
Why it's wrong
Flat misstatement of transferred intent — the doctrine is precisely the answer to this argument. Intent transfers from the intended victim to the actual victim.
21320_javelin-at-camp-elijah · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because transferred intent applies only to battery, not homicide.
Why it's attractive
Invents an only-battery restriction on transferred intent. The doctrine applies to completed homicide in criminal law. Gold Key GK-CRIMINAL-TRANSFER-INTENT-01 kills this directly.
Why it's wrong
Invents an only-battery restriction on transferred intent. The doctrine applies to completed homicide in criminal law. Gold Key GK-CRIMINAL-TRANSFER-INTENT-01 kills this directly.
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