Ryan wants to kill Joe.  Ryan sees Joe in the parking lot an…

Ryan wants to kill Joe.  Ryan sees Joe in the parking lot and accelerates towards him.  Joe sees someone else that he knows in the parking lot and suddenly changes course, darting out into another row of cars.  Allison accidentally hits Joe, killing him.  Will Ryan be held liable for the death of Joe?

Ryan wants to kill Joe.  Ryan sees Joe in the parking lot an…

Ryan wants to kill Joe.  Ryan sees Joe in the parking lot and accelerates towards him.  Joe sees someone else that he knows in the parking lot and suddenly changes course, darting out into another row of cars.  Allison accidentally hits Joe, killing him.  Will Ryan be held liable for the death of Joe?

Peter Allam, 18 years old, pleaded no contest to a charge of…

Peter Allam, 18 years old, pleaded no contest to a charge of possession of marijuana by a person under the age of 19.  Peter was found, along with three of his friends, at a park with marijuana.  Allam was arrested under an Alaska state law which made it a crime for 18 year-old people to possess marijuana, while people over the age of 18 could possess up to four ounces of marijuana and people under the age of 18 were handled by the juvenile justice system.  If Mr. Allam challenges his conviction, which of the following standards will the court use to review his conviction?