In past high-profile murder-for-hire cases, Both the hitman and the person who hire them are generally both tried for murder. I see the same logic being applied here.KD5NRH wrote:Is there a requirement in "attempting to enter unlawfully and with force, the actor's occupied habitation" that the attempted entry be by that person's own force? If I have someone else kick in your door for me, am I then free to go on in and help myself to your stuff?TxA wrote:So the ex-resident was standing by, overseeing it. Standing by and overseeing. Is this justification for use of deadly force?Hoi Polloi wrote:The ex-resident paid someone to break-in to her house and was standing by, overseeing it.
Now, I don't think the locksmith was doing anything wrong here, as he was acting in good faith, and as such, should not be arrested or anything. Compared to a hit man, who knows that murder is illegal.
However, if this were a different situation, and a locksmith picked a lock on someone's home for someone else, even under good faith, and opened the door and came inside, and was shot by the resident, I'm pretty sure the resident would not be convicted. As in other crime, the person who hired the locksmith, knowing he was hiring him to commit a crime, would most likely be tried with his murder.