Unit 3 Assignment- Business Law

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Unit 3 Assignment Throughout this paper I will be discussing three different situations that are similar, yet they represent different crimes. I will be identifying the three different crimes and explaining the differences between each of them. The first situation states: While passing Makoto’s house one night, Sarah see a laptop computer left unattended on Makoto’s porch. Sarah takes the computer, carries it home, and tells everyone she owns it. I feel that this situation would be considered as larceny. Under the common law, the crime of larceny involves the unlawful taking and carrying away of someone else’s personal property with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of possession (Miller & Jentz, 2008). Basically, larceny is stealing or theft that does not involve any kind of force or fear. Sarah took the computer in this situation to claim it as her own and did not inflict any force or fear into anyone. The second situation states: While passing Makoto’s house one night, Sarah sees Makoto outside with a laptop computer. Holding Makoto at gunpoint, Sarah forces him to give up the computer. Then Sarah runs away with it. In this situation I would think that this would fall under aggravated robbery. Robbery is defined as the taking of cash, personal property, or any other article of value from a person by means of force or fear (Miller & Jentz, 2008). Aggravated robbery would be defined in the same way except the use of a deadly weapon is involved (Miller & Jentz, 2008). Both robbery and aggravated robbery are considered as violent crimes. By Sarah holding Makoto at gunpoint, she inflicted force and fear into him with a deadly weapon. The third situation states: While passing Makoto’s house one night, Sarah sees a laptop computer on a desk near a window. Sarah breaks the lock on the front door, enters, and leaves with the
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