In: Operations Management
Use IRAC to answer the following:
Late one night after drinking heavily, Arnold and
Carter decided that they would rob the local all-night convenience
store. They drove Arnold’s truck to the store, entered, and yelled,
“This is a stickup,” while brandishing their unloaded pistols. They
discovered that the only persons in the store were Fred, who worked
at the store, a customer, who was named Cher. Arnold became
enraged, since he regarded Cher as his steady girlfriend and was
jealous that she had been spending time with Fred. Arnold
announced, “I'm going to chill these lovers out,” and loaded them
into his truck. Arnold drove a very short distance down the dirt
road behind the store to a large refrigerator. Arnold locked Cher
and Fred in the refrigerator. Arnold then returned to the store to
pick up Carter, who took $250 from the cash register on his way out
of the store.
The next day, the store manager saw that things were amiss and
called police, who rescued Cher and Fred. Cher suffered no
significant injury, but Fred soon developed pneumonia and died as a
result of it several weeks later. The coroner’s report showed that
Fred had an extraordinary susceptibility to pneumonia.
What criminal charges, if any, should be brought
against Arnold and Carter? Discuss.
What defenses, if any, do Arnold and Carter have to
the criminal charges? Discuss.
Criminal charges that would be applied against Arnold and Carter are theft, robbery and second degree Murder.
Issue
Under the influence of alcohol robbery all night convenience Store
and Locking Up two person in the refrigerator causing one of them
to die is that that deserves a severe punishment.
Rule
Robbery and second degree murder is a crime.
Analysis
With the intention of robbery arnold and Carter enter the
All Night convenience Store. There arnold found his steady
girlfriend with Fred which enraged him, then he locked them in a
refrigerator. though his girlfriend escaped the injuries, fred
suffered pneumonia and eventually died. In the meantime,Carter
robbed Dollar 250 from the cash counter then both escape from the
site.
Conclusion
Robbery and second degree murder charges should be imposed on
arnold and Carter.
The only defence that they have is that they they were unaware of Freds susceptibility to pneumonia. And they did not have intention of killing anyone.