In which of the following situations is the defendant most likely to be found guilty of murder?

Question 9 options:

A)

During a bachelor party for the defendant's brother, the defendant and his friends are drinking and doing drugs. As the night winds down, everyone except the defendant is extremely intoxicated. Even though he is the most sober person there, the defendant does not want to drive the others home because he is tired. He convinces one of his friends to drive instead. The friend ends up going the wrong way on a public highway and has a head-on collision with another car. The driver of the other car dies instantly.

B)

The defendant is flying in his Lear jet when he suddenly realizes that a hydraulic hose is leaking, and he will no longer be able to control the plane in about one minute. He figures out that if he remains on his current course, he will crash into a local elementary school. Instead, the defendant purposely crashes the jet into a farm house, hoping that no one is home. However, a woman is home and is killed in the crash.

C)

The defendant is hired in the winter to burn down a friend's summer home so that the friend can collect on his insurance. The friend assures the defendant that there is never anyone in the summer home during the off-season. However, the friend has not visited the summer home in several weeks and does not know that the building is now being used as a crack house at night. The defendant goes there during the day and sets up a fire, which is to start that evening. That evening, when the fire starts, a local crack dealer is killed.

D)

The defendant is making deliveries of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. In his town, a local ordinance prohibits the sale of alcohol on Sunday. During the defendant's deliveries, he drinks some of the alcoholic beverages he is transporting. Near the end of his deliveries, the defendant collides with a boy riding a bike, and the boy dies instantly.

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