- People v. Campbell- after V committed suicide w/ a gun sold to him by ∆, ∆ was charged w/ murder. ∆ was not in Vs presence when he killed himself but he did coerce him to commit suicide before he left him drunk w/ the gun.
- ∆ hoped that V would kill himself, but hope alone does not effectuate the intent needed for murder.
- ∆ did not have any present intent to kill (He wants him dead but he did not kill)
- This cannot be homicide b/c this is suicide
- Hypo: what if one says “kill yourself or I’ll kill you” suicide under duress or force so that equals a homicide
- Language of the statute matters-
- Is ∆ guilty of recklessly killing V; but that contradicts courts conclusion that there was no causation
- Is this a regular homicide???
- ∆ supplies the weapon, he has a motive to kill, the V is drunk so many facts that point to intention of ∆
- If ∆ was in the room it would have clearly been homicide
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