Today’s criminal law assignment* covers 1st degree murder.
This case reads like a profane Law & Order scene: The defendant was caught driving a stolen car. He ran from the police into an apartment where three girls (14, 13, 9 years old) were doing homework, then:
Officer Lunning entered the open door of the apartment holding his gun in front of him and told appellant “Police, you are under arrest.”
Appellant asked, “For what?”
When appellant refused to cooperate with being handcuffed, the officer said, “Do you want me to blow your m—– f—— head off?”