Whoville Vs. The Grinch

1) STATEMENT OF FACTS: The Grinch’s main goal was to sabotage Christmas, as the story begins with the Grinch saying "I must find some way to keep Christmas from coming!”. This was just the start of the Grinch’s conspiracy to trespass and commit burglary on the homes of the people in Whoville. The Grinch committed his act of conspiracy when he spoke of his plan to max, “"I know just what to do!" The Grinch laughed in his throat. "I'll make a quick Santa Claus hat and a coat."” With the intentions of pretending to be Santa as he broke into the Whoville homes. This is when The Grinch’s Burglary began. The Grinch then committed his first act of Larceny by stealing the Christmas stockings, “"These stockings," he grinched, "are the first things to go!"”. It didn’t stop there, the Grinch continued to fill his sack with more and more items from the Whoville homes. The Grinch made this statement about his bag “Packed it up with their presents, their ribbons, their wrappings, their snoof and their fuzzles, their tringlers and trappings!”. 2) ISSUE PRESENTED: Under Criminal Law, is the defendant “The Grinch” guilty of Larceny Conspiracy to Trespass and Burglary? Under Tort Law, can the plaintiff People of Whoville sue for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress? 3) ARGUMENTS:
Under criminal law a defendant is guilty of conspiracy if an agreement between two or more persons to engage jointly in an unlawful or criminal act, or an act that is innocent in itself but becomes unlawful when done by the combination of actors. The Grinch in fact did commit conspiracy when he said, “I know just what to do!" The Grinch laughed in his throat. "I'll make a quick Santa Claus hat and a coat."” With the intentions of pretending to be Santa when he burglarized the Whoville homes. One might argue that max is a dog and was unaware of what was actually taking place, but he did in fact engage jointly in a criminal act with the Grinch. Also, under criminal law, a defendant is guilty of trespassing to land if the defendant enters onto, above, or below the surface of land owned by another without the owner’s permission or legal authorization. The Grinch did in fact enter the homes of all residents of Whoville while not having permission or legal authority to enter any of the Whoville homes. Under common law a defendant is guilty of Larceny if they unlawfully take and carry away someone else's property without the consent of the owner and with the intent to deprive the owner of the property permanently. The Grinch in fact went from home to home unlawfully taking and carrying away someone else’s property without the consent of the owner and with the intent to deprive the owner of the property permanently. Also, under criminal law, a defendant is guilty of burglary if the defendant unlawfully enters into a building with intent to commit a felony. The defendant in fact committed larceny, which is a felony while unlawfully entering a building, which would ordinarily make the defendant guilty of Burglary. The Grinch committed all of these crimes with the intent to cause emotional distress and to ruin the people of Whoville’s Christmas. Under tort law, the plaintiff People of Whoville would be able to sue the defendant The Grinch for Intentional Infliction of Emotional distress (IIED) if the defendant acts intentionally or recklessly and the defendant's conduct is extreme and outrageous and the conduct is the cause of severe emotional distress. The Grinch did in fact act intentionally and his conduct was extreme and outrageous plus the entire point of the Grinch’s behavior was to ruin Christmas for all of Whoville, which for any person that practices Christmas would cause severe emotional distress. Given this information the Whoville people would have the elements required for suing the Grinch for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress. The Grinch might argue that at the end of the day his outrageous plot to ruin Christmas did not work out as planned and he did in the end after realizing his plot had failed, return all of the presents he had stolen but he still was guilty of all of the four elements required to sue for IIED.

CONCLUSION:
After reading over the information given multiple times I’ve came to the conclusion that the defendant, The Grinch, is guilty of Trespassing to land, Larceny, Burglary, and Conspiracy to commit a felony. I find the defendant not guilty of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress because the Whoville people were not caused sever emotional distress.