Content 2 Part B Applying the Definition Worksheet (Formative) Identify whether or not a crime has been committed in each of these cases In each case, explain fully why this is, or is not a crime Ken, a 6 year old boy, was pretending to be a cowboy while playing with his father's pistol He loaded the pistol as he had seen his father do in the past He then took the pistol and shot his brother Jeremy, while in the boys' washroom at school, set fire to a roll of hand towels As a consequence of his actions, serious fire and smoke damage occurred in the school One evening while coming home from a friend's home, Joyce was stopped by a police officer for driving her moped without lights and reflectors One evening while home alone, Heather heard a noise downstairs in her kitchen Nervous, she grabbed her husband's revolver from the bedside table While terribly frightened, she made her way down the darkened stairs Seeing a shadow, she fired the gun in its general direction Unknowingly, she killed her husband who returned home two days earlier than expected from a business trip out of town While walking across someone's lawn, a post officer fell down a large hole that had been dug because of a blocked sewage pipe The hole was uncovered, and not indicated by a warning sign The post officer had always walked the same route while delivering mail to his customer for years Part C Legal Briefs (Formative) Answer the following questions Support your answers using information from the Criminal Code B owes money to C and refuses to repay it despite repeated requests from C C and a large companion confront B and threaten instant bodily harm if the money is not paid B hands over the money What offence(s) may apply R wants to rob the Wizzie Corporation warehouse R conspires with D, an employee at the warehouse, to leave a door unlocked and the alarm system shut off That night R enters the warehouse and is arrested while loading stolen goods into a truck What offence(s) may apply G, a known homosexual, propositions C in front of C's friends G (falsely) suggests that C has accepted such invitations before C is infuriated by the ridicule heaped on him by his friends and beats G so savagely that G dies What offence(s) may apply

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Question: Content 2: Part B: Applying the Definition Worksheet (Formative) Identify whether or not a crime has been committed in each of these cases. In each

Content 2: Part B: Applying the Definition Worksheet (Formative)

Identify whether or not a crime has been committed in each of these cases. In each case, explain fully why this is, or is not a crime.

Ken, a 6-year-old boy, was pretending to be a cowboy while playing with his father's pistol. He loaded the pistol as he had seen his father do in the past. He then took the pistol and shot his brother.
Jeremy, while in the boys' washroom at school, set fire to a roll of hand towels. As a consequence of his actions, serious fire and smoke damage occurred in the school.
One evening while coming home from a friend's home, Joyce was stopped by a police officer for driving her moped without lights and reflectors.
One evening while home alone, Heather heard a noise downstairs in her kitchen. Nervous, she grabbed her husband's revolver from the bedside table. While terribly frightened, she made her way down the darkened stairs.
Seeing a shadow, she fired the gun in its general direction. Unknowingly, she killed her husband who returned home two days earlier than expected from a business trip out of town.
While walking across someone's lawn, a post officer fell down a large hole that had been dug because of a blocked sewage pipe. The hole was uncovered, and not indicated by a warning sign. The post officer had always walked the same route while delivering mail to his customer for years

Part C- Legal Briefs (Formative)

Answer the following questions. Support your answers using information from the Criminal Code.

B owes money to C and refuses to repay it despite repeated requests from C. C and a large companion confront B and threaten instant bodily harm if the money is not paid. B hands over the money. What offence(s) may apply?
R wants to rob the Wizzie Corporation warehouse. R conspires with D, an employee at the warehouse, to leave a door unlocked and the alarm system shut off. That night R enters the warehouse and is arrested while loading stolen goods into a truck. What offence(s) may apply?
G, a known homosexual, propositions C in front of C's friends. G (falsely) suggests that C has accepted such invitations before. C is infuriated by the ridicule heaped on him by his friends and beats G so savagely that G dies. What offence(s) may apply?