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Law Legal Issues

Title of the Case:

Kennedy v. State, 323 S.E. 2d 169 (Ga. App. 1984).

Facts:

The incident of the case occurred in the year 1981 on 23rd September when fire broke out due to inflammable hot plate. This hot plate which was left on with kerosene burst out into fire it begins to blaze. This fire was started in the log cabin. After investigation it was found out by the police that Mr. Kennedy got this log cabin insured five days before the incident occurred in which the cabin was arsine (law.justia.com). Police determine the reason of the fire as being done intentionally by Mr. Kennedy in order to get the insurance money which was $40 thousand. Police examined the case and found Mr. Kennedy to be a suspect of the incident since he had a construction business and he was incurring loss he was not able to overcome the losses that have been made in his businesses thus this was done in order to gain some money and overcome the losses that have been made in his business and that he has lost. Therefore police could not eliminate he suspect from Mr. Kennedy (law.justia.com).

Issues

There were numerous issues that were needed to be addressed in solving the case of Kennedy. It was important to listen to both sides, and examine the reasoning that was given in defending the appellant. It should be analyzed if there is any error in the court's instructions related to defendant's defense of accident (scholar.google.com).

Decision

While the case of Kennedy was under trial, the court was unable to figure out any errors in defense's response to exceptions, as during the process of inquiry the counsel could not state any exceptions. While the court was discussing the case and the appellant was being inquired it was ...