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Question - Criminal Law Discussion

Discussion Post 1 - Police armed with a search warrant entered Selma Tikes' boyfriend's apartment and found her sleeping in a bedroom with her two children. Tikes' boyfriend was not present. In a second bedroom, police found marijuana in matchboxes stacked on a nightstand.  In the closet were both men's and women's clothes and more matchboxes with marijuana. Is Tikes criminally liable for the presence of the marijuana in the apartment? Discuss the relevant legal theories.

Discussion Post 2 - Parks was convicted of the felony of escape from custody. After finishing work outside the prison picking potatoes, a group of prisoners were loaded into a truck to return to prison. One of the prisoners fell out. Parks jumped out to see if the other prisoner was injured. The officer in charge did not realize Parks was gone. Parks and the other prisoner waited alongside the road for the authorities to pick them up. Parks stated that he never had any intent to escape or to avoid recapture. Should Parks' conviction be upheld?

Discussion Post 3 - Cordell asked his friend Rengle if he could still do his "fast draw" trick. The trick was that a person, while sitting or standing, would hold his hands extended forward several inches apart; Rengle, with a pistol in a holster strapped to his body, would attempt to draw his pistol and place it between the hands of the other person before that person could clap his hands together. Rengle said yes, and tried it with a .22 caliber pistol. The pistol discharged, a bullet struck Cordell in the front of his head and killed him almost instantly. Rengle forgot he had loaded the pistol. Is Rengle criminally liable for Cordell's death? Decide.