Text 5. Homicide

I. Read and translate the following text.

Homicide is the killing of one human being by another. There are 3 categories of homicide: criminal homicide, negligent homicide and justifiable homicide.

Criminal homicide may be either murder or manslaughter. Murder is a deliberate killing of one human being by another. Murder may be in the first degree and in the second degree.

Murder in the first degree is called a felony murder. A felony murder is committed during a serious crime (an act of terrorism, rape, robbery, arson).

Murder in the second degree is committed in a rage.

Manslaughter is the killing of a human being without malice.

Negligent homicide is a killing resulting from negligence, e.g. automobile negligence.

Justifiable homicide is a killing that can be justified, e.g. the killing of an enemy in the war or of a criminal trying to escape.

II. Questions to be answered.

1. What is the definition of homicide?

2. What are the 3 categories of homicide?

3. What are the 2 kinds of murder?

4. How does manslaughter differ from murder?

5. What does negligent homicide result from?

6. What is the characteristic feature of a justifiable homicide?

Text 6. Larceny

I. Read and translate the following text.

Larceny is another name for theft. It may be a felony and a misdemeanor. If the stolen property is valuable, it is a felony. If it is not valuable, it is a misdemeanor.

Property may be abandoned and lost. If you take abandoned property, it is not larceny, but if you take lost property, it is considered to be a case of larceny.

There is a distinction between grand larceny and petty larceny. Grand larceny is felonious larceny. Larceny which is a misdemeanor is called petty larceny.

II. Questions to be answered.

1. What is larceny?

2. In what cases is larceny defined as a felony or a misdemeanor?

3. How is taking abandoned or lost property defined in terms of larceny?

4. What is the distinction between grand larceny and petty larceny?