When the police revived alex, alex said he had no memory of the last several hours.

For Short Paper #1, you will review a hypothetical scenario and compose a 2-page informational paper in response.
Hypothetical Scenario:
Suspect: Alex Ashland
Facts:
Alex was in his friend Allison’s home in Hartford, Connecticut, drinking straight vodka and doing drugs. Alex told Allison that he has not taken his prescribed mental health medications for two weeks. This did not concern Allison until Alex started talking about the plan that he had to kill his father. Allison knew that without his prescribed medication, Alex could be psychotic. When Allison said that she was going to call the police, Alex pulled a handgun out of his bag and threatened her with it. Allison, who feared for her life, fled from her home with the intention of going to a neighbor’s house to call the police. As soon as Allison left, Alex stuffed a rag in the half-empty vodka bottle, lit it, and tossed it on the couch as he left the dwelling. Allison’s dwelling went up in flames.
Alex then proceeded to the nearest convenience store, where, brandishing the weapon, he took money and cigarettes. Alex then drove to the home of his father in Newington, Connecticut, where he broke down the door by kicking it in and shot his father to death.
The local police arrived shortly thereafter to find Alex unconscious on the living room floor. When the police revived Alex, Alex said he had no memory of the last several hours. Local police took Alex to their headquarters in handcuffs where they proceeded to interrogate him. After 10 hours of interrogation, Alex confessed to killing his father. Local police, however, forgot to read Alex his Miranda rights.
This hypothetical was inspired by the crime spree of Allan Ashmoore. https://abc30.com/news/shooting-suspect-talked-about-killing-his-father-da/2567137/
Imagine that you are a prosecutor.
Pages 2 and 3 : What crimes against persons and crimes against property should be charged against Alex Ashland? Be sure to access Connecticut’s penal code (https://www.cga.ct.gov/2018/rpt/pdf/2018-R-0073.pdf) and apply the facts to the language of the statute to support your answer. You should analyze a minimum of three crimes with which to charge Alex Ashland. One must be a crime against property.
Assignment check list:
Did you identify at least 3 crimes including one crime against property?
Did you locate the applicable Connecticut Statute for each crime?
Is your analysis in a FIRAC format (see the Assignment Guide for Pointers)
Did you apply the facts of each crime to the statute?
Did you show internal citations in the body of the text as well as a proper list of references at the end of the paper, following APA style and include references to at least one source other than the textbook?
Is your assignment at least 2 full pages of content (exclusive of title page and references)?


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