Section 8

Question 1

When someone dies they get taken to the ________ or _____ ________.

Answer 1

Corner

Medical Doctor

Question 2

Someone who is a medical doctor is qualified to look at dead people. They are responsible for two things:
1.
2.

Answer 2

1. Cause of death

2. Manner of death

Question 3

Cause of death only has five choices 
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Answer 3

natural 
accidental 
suicide 
homicide 
undetermined

Question 4

Natural 
accidental 
suicide 
homicide 
undetermined

Answer 4

the only five choices tht the medical examiner can put down for the cuase of death

Question 5

Cancer
Old age 
Number of problems 
The good news for the medical examiner most of the time you die under a physician's care. Example hospital. 
Cause of death?

Answer 5

Natural

Question 6

Can be a little more problematic. Example, drive off the road and slam your car into a tree. Would most likely be __________. Does it need an investigation?

Answer 6

accidental

yes it needs an investigation

Question 7

Example, if slam into a tree. You could be intoxicated or someone could have cut your brake lines (murder). This is why accidental deaths needs an investigation. True or False.

Answer 7

true

Question 8

Person taking their own life.

Answer 8

Suicide

Question 9

Much more common than homicide is

Answer 9

suicide

Question 10

It is not suicide that is illegal it is attempting suicide that is illegal. They will have the legal authority to detain people and get them help through mental rehab or something else. True or False

Answer 10

True

Question 11

If attempted suicide was not illegal, it would be a lot harder for the state to do legally. True or False

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Crime to help somebody or induce someone to commit a crime. This has to do with what?

Answer 12

Suicide

Question 13

Example, case where two teenage friends and they had a falling out. The mother pretends to be someone else to harass the other girl and convince her to commit suicide. The mother was convicted.

Answer 13

Crime to attempt or help

Question 14

Medical definition not the legal definition.

Answer 14

Homicide

Question 15

Example, police kill someone. Every time there will be an ME report that comes and and says they died by homicide. Does it mean it was a crime?

Answer 15

No not all homicides are crimes

Question 16

When the ME determines death by homicide it just means what?

Answer 16

One person killing another.

Question 17

One person kills another all the time and it is not a crime. There are a lot of situations where one person kills another person and it is not criminal it is up to the jury to decide if it was the crime of ________.

Answer 17

Homicide

Question 18

Death when you cannot tell what happened is classified as what?

Answer 18

undetermined

Question 19

A lot of times those are unclear. It gets worse between how long the person dying and the person finding the body and reporting it. Evidence goes away over time.

Answer 19

Undetermined

Question 20

Forensic anthropologists have found skeletons from years ago where they can identify the cause of death. Bare minimum of evidence just a few bones we can tell the cause of death. True or False

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Is homicide always a crime?

Answer 21

no

Question 22

Homicide is not always a crime
1.
2.

Answer 22

1. excusable homicide

2. Justificable Homicide

Question 23

It was a genuine accident.

Answer 23

Excusable homicide

Question 24

Example, i trip and fall in just the right way and break their neck and they die. It was an actual genuine accident that i Killed them there was no malice or intent. Maybe negligence. I was not drunk and stumbling around it was just an accident.

Answer 24

Excusable homicide

Question 25

Yes, I killed him and i admit to killing him but there was some law that allowed me to kill him. Self-defense

Answer 25

Justificable homicide

Question 26

When it is not justifiable or excusable homicide it is what | ?

Answer 26

legal crime

Question 27

Homicide that is a crime they are not all the same. Every jurisdiction does it differently. Each state does it differently. Usually, the crime of homicide is divided into _____ and ________.

Answer 27

murder | manslaughter

Question 28

``` In Texas there are four degrees of murder. 1. 2. 3. 4. Which is eligible for the death penalty? ```

Answer 28

Capital (Death penalty) first second third degree murder

Question 29

The only one of those eligible for the death penalty is ________ ______.

Answer 29

capital murder

Question 30

The worst punishment you can get for first degree murder in texas is what?

Answer 30

Life in prison

Question 31

Some states what is capital murder is first degree murder. True or False

Answer 31

True

Question 32

Manslaughter 1. 2.

Answer 32

1. intentional | 2. unintentional

Question 33

Manslaughter intentional vs unintentional. The exact defining lines is different based on jurisdiction and there is usually a lot of overlap. True or False

Answer 33

True

Question 34

Is first degree murder usually pre-meditated?

Answer 34

Yes

Question 35

Second-degree murder is intentional but not really planned out. True or False

Answer 35

True

Question 36

_____ ___ ___ ______ that have to be proven in court before the jury can find someone guilty.

Answer 36

elements of the crime

Question 37

With murder you have to prove that the victim is dead, and the defendant did it. You also have to prove it was not excusable or justifiable.

Answer 37

Elements of the crime

Question 38

``` Common requirements: (elements of the crime. Homicide) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ```

Answer 38

1. causing the death of another person 2. premeditation 3. intent 4. while committing a felony 5. culpable negligence or depravity 6. Negligence

Question 39

Example, mechanic working on cars, reattach someone's break lines loose and they wreck and die. Could this count as causing the death of another person?

Answer 39

Yes

Question 40

Example, abolition. Under the supreme court law now that is not causing the death of another person. True or False

Answer 40

True

Question 41

Planning ahead of time when you go to murder someone

Answer 41

Premeditation

Question 42

Example, go over to the victim's house to confront them and you make sure to bring your gun that you would not normally carry. This could show what?

Answer 42

Premeditation

Question 43

Knowingly doing something that is likely to cause the death of another human being.

Answer 43

Intent

Question 44

Example, pull a gun out and point it at you and pull the trigger. Spur of the moment with no pre meditation, i am still having what?

Answer 44

Intent

Question 45

Example, on top of a building and trop and hit a vase and it falls off the building and hits someone in the head. You did not have intent so it was what?

Answer 45

accident

Question 46

Example, at a shooting range and someone runs onto the range and you accidentally hit them. You intentionally pulled the trigger but you did not reasonably foresee killing someone. Does it count as murder?

Answer 46

no

Question 47

Example, burglarizing someone's house and they catch me, and i kill the,. Burglary is a felony and i committed a murder during the felony and that is either capital or first degree murder. True or False

Answer 47

True

Question 48

Example, while committing shoplifting and murder that might be second-degree but not like if you were committing kidnapping. True or False

Answer 48

True

Question 49

Different than regular negligence. Not doing something you should be doing. Two degrees of the same thing.

Answer 49

culpable negligence or depravity

Question 50

Culpable negligence or depravity would be if you are a three year old and you never feed it because you are either too busy doing your own thing or you are too high on drugs there is no reasonable way. True or False

Answer 50

True

Question 51

You could be trying to feed your house cat a vegan diet. Trying to keep the cat healthy but you are stupid. What is this?

Answer 51

Negligence

Question 52

Where the line is between negligence and culpable negligence or depravity is determined by who ?

Answer 52

jury