1. analyze and explain whether Brandi should be charged with murder or manslaughter; and
2. analyze and explain whether Pete should be charged with murder or manslaughter.
Scenario A: Brandi is in her home and sees her ex-boyfriend out the window approaching her front door. He is holding a firearm and begins yelling at her to come outside. He fires his gun at her car and shoots the windshield, causing it to shatter. Brandi opens her front door and shoots her ex-boyfriend, killing him.
Scenario B: Pete’s neighbor Jake frequently sits on his front porch drinking in the afternoon and often, after becoming intoxicated, shouts insults at Pete about his appearance when he sees him in his front yard. One morning after being insulted by Jake the night before, Pete decides he’s had enough. Pete enters Jake’s home and kills him.
Be sure to cite the statutes, cases, and other scholarly research sources in the correct APA 7th edition forma