Posted: May 19th, 2017

Three men gave Arnold fist blows and kicks causing him to fall. As they surrounded and continued hitting him, he grabbed a knife he had in his pocket and stabbed one of the men straight to the heart. What crime did Arnold commit?

Three men gave Arnold fist blows and kicks causing him to fall. As they surrounded and continued hitting him, he grabbed a knife he had in his pocket and stabbed one of the men straight to the heart. What crime did Arnold commit? A. Homicide with incomplete self-defense, since he could have run from his aggressors. B. Homicide, since he knew that stabbing a person in the heart is fatal. C. Homicide mitigated by incomplete self-defense, since stabbing a person to the heart is excessive. D. No crime, since he needed to repel the aggression, employing reasonable means for doing so.