Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This is another episode in our "Listen and Learn" series, where we review legal concepts and apply them to fact patterns. Today, we're talking about homicide.

In this episode we discuss:

The two broad categories of homicide
The four elements of malice aforethought
What is "statutory interpretation"?
Analyzing two criminal law questions, from the February 2007 and February 2008 California bar exams
Classifying a homicide as first-degree murder, second-degree murder, or manslaughter
Why you need to consider every fact in the question
How "because" is one of the most important words you can use on most law school essay exams

Resources:

Download the Transcript (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/episode-248-listen-and-learn-introduction-to-homicide/)

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Alison & Lee

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