5) Susan carries a loaded gun because she has been stalked by a stranger for months. She arrives at another woman's house to discuss their mutual relationship with Stan, a former football player. While talking, Stan arrives. An argument among the three ensues, and Stan follows Susan to her car, shouting at her as she retreats. Stan then heads for his car, where Susan knows he keeps a gun. Susan
takes her handgun out of her purse and fires what she calls a warning shot into the air as she drives off. The bullet hits him in the buttocks. Stan dies three days later when the surgeons at a hospital miss the fact that the bullet severed an artery. Susan is arrested and charged with murder. Discuss any defenses she may have available.
What will be an ideal response?
The answer should reflect an understanding of self-defense and the circumstances in which you may use deadly force as well as the concept of proximate cause of death.
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The so-called "best interest of the child standard" opened the door to award ________ to fathers and other potential caregivers, depending on how the child's well-being would be best served.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The purpose of a financial worksheet is not:
A. To identify the client's income and assets. B. To determine how assets are held or titled. C. To identify the client's expenses and liabilities. D. To give the client something to do while waiting for a trial date.
What is an attestation clause?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following models of state-federal constitutionalism is most often applied?
A) Primary B) Dual Sovereignty C) Interstitial D) Interspatial