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8) Bob turns 21 and goes out and buys his first six-pack of beer. The next week, the drinking
age is raised to 22 and the sheriff arrests Bob for buying that six-pack. Bob is the victim of:
A) the void-for-vagueness principle.
B) proximate cause.
C) an ex post facto law.
D) the principle of legality.
9) Bob decides to kill Ray. He takes a loaded gun and goes to Ray's house. He sees Ray sitting
on the porch and takes a shot at him. What Bob didn't know was that Ray died of a heart
attack, there on his porch, a half-hour before Bob arrived. If Bob is charged with attempted
homicide, he might claim the defense of:
A) renunciation.
B) impossibility.
C) strict liability.
D) abandonment.