{"id":11230,"date":"2024-02-11T18:05:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T18:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/important-of-substantial-steps-in-self-defense-and-knowing-stand-your-grounds-laws\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T18:05:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T18:05:17","slug":"important-of-substantial-steps-in-self-defense-and-knowing-stand-your-grounds-laws","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/important-of-substantial-steps-in-self-defense-and-knowing-stand-your-grounds-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Important of substantial steps in self defense and knowing stand your grounds laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Textbook: Schmalleger, F. &amp; Hall, D.E. (2017). Criminal Law Today (6th ed.). Prentice Hall\/Pearson. Chapters 4-5&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 18px; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Key Concepts: Attempt: substantial steps, self-defense, stand your ground laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Capstone Cases:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Tennessee v. Reeves, United States v. Gladish<\/span><\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">United States v. Thomas, State of Florida v. George Zimmerman<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Assignment:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>In a narrative format for the Complete section, c<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">onstruct one essay that addresses the following points: <b>The m<\/b><\/span><b>inimum requirements for Completes are five (5) scholarly sources including at least one peer-reviewed journal article (one published within the last seven years).<\/b> <b>Your essay must contain a minimum of 1700 words of substantive content, not including the references section. All citations must be listed in the correct APA 7th edition format and all other relevant APA rules must be observed.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The narrative essay should clearly define the key concepts of<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Attempt: substantial steps, self-defense<\/em>, and<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">stand-your-ground<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">laws<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>a<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">nd will apply these principles to the Capstone cases of<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Tennessee v. Reeves, United States v. Gladish<\/span><\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">United States v. Thomas,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>and<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>State of Florida v. George Zimmerman.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/span>&nbsp;Your response will include an overview of the cases and will also need to address each question or statement listed below in an essay format.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Capstone Case of&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Tennessee v. Reeves,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>Tracie Reeves and Molly Coffman, both twelve years of age and students at West Carroll Middle School, spoke on the telephone and decided to kill their homeroom teacher, Janice Geiger. The girls agreed that Coffman would bring rat poison to school the following day so that it could be placed in Geiger\u2019s drink. The girls also agreed that they would thereafter steal Geiger\u2019s car and drive to the Smoky Mountains. Reeves then contacted Dean Foutch, a local high school student, informed him of the plan, and asked him to drive Geiger\u2019s car. Foutch refused this request. Reeves and Coffman were found to be delinquent by a Juvenile Court based on a conviction of attempt to commit second-degree murder. The question is whether the students engaged in enough activity to constitute an attempt offense. Did you find enough evidence that the girls had taken a substantial step toward the commission of a targeted offense?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What test does the court establish for Tennessee to determine if a substantial step has been taken?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Do you find that the court, in using common law rules of construction, modifies the legislative enactment of the attempt statute?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Read and compare the court\u2019s opinion in&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">United States v. Gladish<\/em>, 536 F.3d 646 (7<sup style=\"font-size: 13.5px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">th<\/sup>&nbsp;Cir. 2008), involving an alleged attempt to have sexual conduct with a minor. What factors did the court consider in determining whether Gladish engaged in a substantial step toward sexual activity with a minor?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In the Capstone Case of&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">United States v. Thomas,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>On October 30th, 1990, Wallie Howard, a Syracuse police officer working undercover for the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), was shot and killed during a cocaine \u201cbuy-bust\u201d taking place in the parking lot of \u201cMario\u2019s Big M Market\u201d in Syracuse. The defendants charged with Officer Howard\u2019s death tried to assert a self-defense claim at trial, but the court refused this request. Lawrence fired at Agent Howard and killed him after Howard had already drawn his weapon and fired. Why was Lawrence unable to claim self-defense in the shooting?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In this case, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said: \u201cIt has long been accepted that one cannot support a claim of self-defense by a self-generated necessity to kill.\u201d What is the logic behind this principle?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Do you agree with it?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How does this case compare to the jury verdict in&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">State of Florida v. George Zimmerman<\/em>&nbsp;(aka the Travon Martin case)?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Determine whether your home state has a \u201cstand-your-ground\u201d law that allows defendants to assert self-defense in cases where they might have been able to safely avoid a confrontation. If your state does not have such a law, locate the stand-your-ground law in Florida. After reading the law, identify the elements a criminal defendant must meet in order to successfully present a stand-your-ground defense.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Textbook: Schmalleger, F. &amp; Hall, D.E. (2017). Criminal Law Today (6th ed.). Prentice Hall\/Pearson. Chapters 4-5&nbsp;&nbsp;Key Concepts: Attempt: substantial steps, self-defense, stand your ground laws. Capstone Cases:&nbsp;Tennessee v. Reeves, United States v. Gladish,&nbsp;United States v. Thomas, State of Florida v. George Zimmerman&nbsp; &nbsp; Assignment:&nbsp;In a narrative format for the Complete section, construct one essay that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[34],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/11230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/11230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=11230"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=11230"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=11230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}