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    then runs away with the laptop. The crime that Sarah committed was aggravated robbery which is defined as the use of‚ or exhibits or carries the weapon and threatens to use it (Criminal Defense Lawyer‚ 2013). A deadly weapon can be any item that can be used or threaten to do bodily harm such as a gun‚ knife‚ club. Under most state laws aggravated robbery carries a stiffer penalty (longer possible term) than simple robbery by merely taking by force or by the threat of force (Criminal Defense Lawyer

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    1) The story opens with two robberies at the narrator’s house. The first one was when her family home was robbed by their neighbour‚ Osita‚ a ‘lithe and handsome’ popular young man whose father was a professor. He took the VCR‚ TV and some American videos. The second robbery was committed by the narrator’s brother Nnamabia‚ while their parents were visiting the grandparents in another town. In this he faked a robbery‚ stole the mother’s gold jeweler and after denying that it was him‚ disappeared

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    has committed robbery by taken anothers property by force. 3.In this final example Sarah has committed burglary while breaking and entering. Noting the basic differences regarding the crimes: In the first example of Larceny‚ which involves no force or threat to human life it would be considered the least severe penalty of the three. Burglary‚ because it would involve breaking and entering is not considered to be as severe as robbery‚ however more severe than larceny. Robbery is considered to

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    introduction in American literature in the nineteenth century. In 1878‚ Henry James published a story‚ Daisy Miller‚ that made his reputation. A romantic tale of a beautiful American girl and her adventures in Europe. Oppose to Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) by Stephen Crane was about the story of Maggie and her family‚ who lived in the Bowery district in New York‚ which is a rough neighborhood.Both authors were a famous in their own style. They both had a different style of writing and social

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    An Attempted Robbery

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    Narrative Essay − An Attempted Robbery One evening when the sun was about to set‚ my mother asked me to go and buy some onions and salt from the nearby sundry shop. The shop is run by Samy‚ a jovial middle-age Indian man with a huge pot-belly. His wife and two young children‚ a boy and a girl‚ help him run the shop. It was almost completely dark when I reached the shop. Samy had switched on the lights in his small but adequately stocked shop. He was alone at the time and I was the only customer

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    a) Breaking glass window into Smiths house 3. Second count of burglary – guns ORC‚ Title29‚ Ch 2911‚ § 2911.12 a) Breaking into the gun case b) Saw off shotgun c) Several hand guns d) Automatic weapons 4. Robbery – bank Title18‚ Part 1‚ Ch 103‚ § 2113 5. Murder of police officer Title18‚ Part 1‚ Ch 51‚ § 1114 6. Murder of a bank teller Title 18‚ Part 1‚ Ch 51‚ § 1111 7. Fleeing and eluding police officer ORC‚ Title

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    Stephen Crane Maggie‚ a Girl of the Streets The excerpt that I would like to comment belongs to Chapter XV. It goes from: ‘Through the open door curious… to the end of this chapter. First at all‚ this novel represents a great novel from the late 19th century where it is focused in the corrupted and industrial New York society at that times which main character is a young lady called Maggie. This work is based in the realism that Crane shows by the figure of Maggie and it is regarded as the

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    democracy is endangered as political intolerance‚ and economic frustration gather momentum in the form of assassinations‚ intimidations‚ threats and hostage taken across Nigeria. Keywords: Insecurity‚ Extra-judicial and political Killings‚ Armed Robbery‚ Kidnapping and Hostage Taking and Economic Frustration Introduction Former Governor of old Kano State Abubarkar Rimi died last two weeks after an encounter with bandits known as kwanta kwanta. He was heading for Kano from Bauchi when he had the

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    Contemporaneity rule (The coincidence of actus reus and mens rea) It is a principle of English law that the actus reus and mens rea must coincide. That is they must happen at the same time. This is sometimes referred to as the contemporaneity rule or the coincidence of actus reus and mens rea. However‚ the courts often apply a flexible approach in holding that the actus reus is a continuing act. Thabo-Meli v R [1954] 1 WLR 228 Privy Council The four appellants were convicted of murder. They

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    his pardon from the governor and advises him to stay out of trouble: “You’re not a bad fellow at heart‚” he says. “Stop cracking safes‚ and live straight.” Jimmy laughs‚ feigning surprise‚ denying he had ever cracked a safe or committed the bank robbery that had sent him to prison. Jimmy leaves prison the next day and takes a train to another town where he meets up with Mike Dolan‚ a friend and confederate. After picking up his key from Mike‚ Jimmy returns to his room above Mike’s restaurant where

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