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CRIMINAL LAW

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JANE DOE

Jane who works as a Janitress for the exclusive T-Partay Condominium complex is lured and influenced by Jack in to committing crime after been promised (bribed) some huge amount of money if she plays along and plays her role in the crime. Jane becomes an accomplice to a crime when she hands over the keys to Mrs. Wealthy's apartment to Jack while she was aware of Jacks plans. In the first place, if Jane would not have wanted to engage herself in criminal activities she would have reported Jack to the Police when he had first approached her and proposed to her his criminal evil plan which she gladly accepted after been promised quite a lamp of money.

Jane’s criminal acts

1) Bribery:

Jane can be convicted for bribery in a court of law. It is evident that the 500 dollars that Jack promised her at the end of the operation is what stirred up her and led to her to being an accomplice in the crime. She accepts to participate in the crime after she is bribed off with the amount of money promised to her.

2) Accomplice to a crime

Jane plays along a crime scene making her as good as a criminal. Were it not for her the whole criminal activity would not have taken place. Her role in the whole event is the most crucial since the crime starts with the handing over of the key to jack[footnoteRef:1]. [1: R v Connor and Mirza (Conjoined Appeals) [2004] HL ]

3) Unlawful possession of a gun

Jane is illegally in possession of a gun which is against the law for one to possess any form of firearm. She even uses this weapon to kill Jim, an associate sent by Jack to go and kill her.

4) Extortion

Jane can be accused of extortion which she fits quite well. Her acceptance to participate in the crime makes her fall in this category as an extortionist since she is made aware of the plan by Jack which is to extort Mrs. Wealthy’s money.[footnoteRef:2] [2: 2Identity theft, 18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(7]

5) Homicide and theft

Jane falls in as a thief when she steals the key to Mrs. Wealthy's apartment and hands it to Jack. Homicide on the contrary is when Jane shoots dead Jim who was sent by Jack to kill her. Thus she can also be sued of murder.[footnoteRef:3] [3: Janjua & Choudhury, R v (1998) CA]

JACK

1. Bribery.

Jack bribes Jane by buying her off with 500 dollars if she plays along a crime by stealing the key to Mrs. Wealthy's apartment and giving it to her. I find Jack guilty of this criminal act.

2. Attempted murder

Jack attempts or rather conspires to kill Jane and even sends Jim an ex-convict to go break in to her apartment and kill her. Unfortunately, it turns sour when Jim is caught red handed by Jane and is shot dead by her using her short gun.

3. Fraud

Theft is an all-encompassing term for the illegal acquisition of property with the intent to permanently deprive. Theft can refer to tangible items or effects, such as real estate or a purse, as well as intangible things, such as intellectual property or identity. The difference between theft and burglary is that the perpetrator does not enter a structure illegally with or without the use of force[footnoteRef:4]. Jack attempts many acts of deceit. Bribing Jane is an act of fraud. After been given the key to Mrs. Wealthy's apartment, he uses it to deceit Mrs. Wealthy and once he is invited to her house, he goes ahead and steals her no limit credit card and bank statement from her purse which is theft by deception. Later on after returning to his gang, they open fraud credit cards registered in Mrs. Wealthy's name.[footnoteRef:5] [4: 4 Fraud by check, § 18-5-205 ] [5: ]

4. Grand larceny

This is the illegally stealing of some extremely large amount of property which is a criminal act that Jack commits. The extortion of all Mrs. Wealthy's property that is evident by the loss of all her entire wealth and life savings which forced her to move into a homeless shelter.

5. Identity theft

This is just another different form fraud that involves the stealing of the personal data and details of someone purposely to be used to commit fraud. This is shown when Jack is invited to Mrs. Wealthy house only to go into her purse and steal her no limit credit card and bank statement that he uses later on extort all of her wealth and savings.[footnoteRef:6] [6: 5 Identification fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(1)-(6) ]

Mrs. Wealthy

She is the rich tycoon who is stolen or rather whose wealth and property is extorted completely. This traumatizes her so much that she has to quit her rich life in to a poor homeless person which makes her lose her sanity which makes her shoot Jack at the pack when she spots him.

1. Unlawful possession of a handgun Illinois Ill

A person commits the offense of unlawful possession of firearms or firearm ammunition when: He has been a patient in a mental hospital within the past 5 years and has any fire arms or fire arm ammunition in his possession; or He is mentally retarded and has any fire arms or fire arm ammunition in his possession (Nicholson, 2003). Mrs. Wealthy health life events makes her to lose her sanity and when she spots Jack in the park, since she remembers him quite well, due to the harsh life she is going through, she shoots him with an intention of killing him.

2. Attempted man slaughter

This is the intentional act to kill some one. Mrs. Wealthy attempts to kill Jack when she saw him on the park and she pulled out a gun and shot at him. Though he did not die, she had the intentions to kill him[footnoteRef:7]. [7: 6 Hancock and Shankland, R v (1986) HL ]

These three persons are answerable in a court of law for the crimes that they have committed. All of them have committed crimes for being involved in illegal acts and they deserve to be punished.

Bibliography

Fraud by check, § 18-5-205

Identification fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(1)-(6)

Identity theft, 18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(7

Hancock and Shankland, R v (1986) HL

R v Connor and Mirza (Conjoined Appeals) [2004] HL

Janjua & Choudhury, R v (1998) CA