150 word agree or disagree to each questions Q1. After reviewing this week’s lesson and both chapters 8 &9 I would find both Stacey and Michelle to be guilty of First-degree murder. This falls under the “model penal code” by the first two substantial steps. Both Stacey and Michelle completed the crimes. Which both would be found guilty of an attempt to commit murder and by brandishing a weapon and utilizing it is an omission and which culminates in the commission of the crime they committed. Both where strongly corroborative by making statements such as “I have had enough of you Steve” and “I loved him, how dare you”. By doing this Michelle and Stacey showed one of the seven examples of possession of a material that are specially designed for unlawful use when they used illegal weapons. We could argue that Stacy was only working in self defense and protecting Michelle but I would argue did Stacey contact the police at any point when she witnessed Steve attacking Michelle. The time it took her to walk to a drawer and pull out a gun she could have easily placed a 911 call to the authorities. Instead she took anger and aggression for the Steve guy and took his life. Storm, L, Criminal Law CH.8 (pp. 193-194), retrieved from http://ebooks.apus.edu.ezproxy2.apus.edu/LSTD302/Storm_Ch8.pdf Q2. Just to review, the Model Penal Code (MPC), which was a project of the American Law Institute (ALI) and published in 1962 after a ten-year drafting period, is a text designed to stimulate and assist U.S. state legislatures to update and standardize the penal law of the United States of America. In this prompt, the MPC can apply to the possible charges of both Stacey and Michelle. When it comes to the murder (which both Stacey and Michelle can possibly found guilty of), it has elements of criminal act, criminal intent, causation, and harm. Starting with Stacey, there is obviously a criminal act as she shot and killed Steve with a gun. When it comes to murder intent, it can be done purposely, knowingly or recklessly under circumstances that manifest extreme indifference to the value of human life, which is Model Penal Code § 210.2 . In this situation, it would seem that Stacey met the requirement for the 'purposely' aspect, which is often referred to as 'express malice.' With that being said, it can be argued that what Stacey did could be considered only manslaughter. More specifically, in terms of voluntary manslaughter, an emotional state called a 'heat of passion' can negate the aforementioned murder intent. Further, an adequate provocation from the victim can inspire the heat of passion (Storm, 2012). So for our case at hand, Stacey walked in and saw Steve stabbing Michelle, causing her to take action. Therefore, even though Stacey acted with the intent to kill Steve, it can be argued that Steve provoked the intent because his actions would lead any reasonable person to kill him. Now, the Model Penal Code does not require adequate provocation.