Jesse James and Bob Ford, old school chums, work side by sid…
Jesse James and Bob Ford, old school chums, work side by side at the Nockemoff Safe Co. They get sick of working, and agree to enter a life of crime, and to rob at least one bank, every week, for a year. After one year, they are arrested. The most complete and correct statement regarding the crimes for which the two thieves may be properly convicted is:
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A statute in a Model Penal Code jurisdiction has the following crime in its criminal code: “A person is guilty of theft for receiving property knowing it to have been stolen.” Which one of the following statements is not true?
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Dave suggested to Fred that they rob a bank. Fred agreed and said that he would go along with Dave when he tries to rob the bank. Unbeknownst to Dave, Fred did not actually want to rob the bank. Rather, he was a member of a terrorist group who wanted to explode a hand grenade in a public place as an act of terror. When Dave asked him to participate in the bank robbery, Fred saw an opportunity to fulfill his goal while having Dave along as an unwitting armed backup. The next day, Dave and Fred approached the bank carrying handguns. Fred also had a hand grenade in his jacket pocket that Dave did not know about. Just as they walked in the bank’s front door with their guns drawn, to Dave’s astonishment, Fred removed the grenade from his pocket, pulled the pin, and threw the grenade into the bank. Both Dave and Fred immediately ran out of the bank. The explosion from the grenade damaged the bank, but did not hurt anyone. Which of the following is the most accurate statement about Dave’s criminal liability for Fred’s use of the grenade to damage the bank in a majority of U.S. jurisdictions (i.e., those that still follow the common law with respect to the scope of conspiracies)?
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