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And here we're talking about a scenario where someone thinks, so essentially paul thinks that anthony stole a bunch of his money and wants to murder him, so he breaks into his home, shoots him in the chest.
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However, anthony had already suffered a massive heart attack and died earlier in the night.
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So is paul guilty of murder? what crime could he be charged with? so first, we need to talk about homicide and what defines it.
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So if dead person was once alive and is now dead because of the act of another human being.
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Because of the act of another human being.
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Fetuses and cadavers are not human beings for the purposes of criminal homicide.
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So two key things here.
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So dead person was once alive and is now dead because of the act of another human being.
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So it would have to be because of paul that he's dead.
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And cadavers are not human beings.
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So anthony, because of death, was a heart attack, was not, paul's gunshot.
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Anthony was already a cadaver when paul shot him...