Dillon Whitmore
Case Study Assignment 2
1. People v. Mendoza, 2000
2. Mendoza and his friend shot and killed a church pastor while burglarizing and robbing a church.
3. Legal actus reus – Unlawful killing of another human being, upon robbing a church they shot and killed a pastor.
4. Legal mens rea of the crime was purposeful. Mens rea was established upon entering a church with a weapon and intent to rob and kill the pastor.
5. Legal equation was premeditated and deliberate intent to kill another person and legal and factual cause of death, plus death of another person.
6. Ruling of the case – Mendoza is guilty of first degree murder. The unlawful killing of a human being whether intentional, unintentional or accidental that occurs during
