Criminal Law, 2012 Bar — Question 58

MULTIPLE CHOICE

A entered the house of B. Once inside the house of B, A took and seized personal property by compulsion from B with the use of violence and force upon things, believing himself to be the owner of the personal property so seized. What is the criminal liability of A? (A) A is criminally liable for robbery with violence because he employed violence in the taking of the personal property from B, robbery characterized by violence being graver than ordinary robbery committed with force upon things. (B) A is criminally liable for robbery with force upon things in an inhabited house because the act was committed in a house constituting the dwelling of one or more persons. (C) A is criminally liable for grave coercion because the presumpon of intent to gain is rebutted. (D) A is criminally liable for qualified trespass to dwelling because he employed violence.

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