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Johnny Cade Murder Essay

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Johnny Cade’s Prosecution Murder. The case I am about to present is cold-blooded murder. And in murder, no one, not the killer or the killed, is innocent. Allow me to state the facts of the case, and the events leading up to the crime. Young Johnny Cade was attacked by a juvenile gang, lead by Robert Sheldon (our victim) leaving Mr. Cade scared and enraged. (This is what lead him to carry a six inch switchblade in his pocket at all times. ABout four months later, he and his accomplice, Ponyboy Curtis, began socializing with Robert's girlfriend, Sherry Valance. Robert was indeed intoxicated at the time, so consumed by rage he later attacked Curtis and Cade in a park located in the east side of town. Robert’s ally, David tried to drown Curtis. Johnny Cade, in anger, killed Robert in cold-blood. He was not injured, because he was able to nurse Curtis back to health. This was not self defence, or man-slaughter. This was murder, where no one is innocent. …show more content…

The exact definition of murder is unlawful, predetermined killing of another being, and this murder was definitely predetermined. When Cade was jumped four months ago, she stated, “”H would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body.” This means that he knew fully well that he was going to kill his next attacker. He also carried a “six inch switchblade.” indicating he even knew what the murder weapon was going to be. Finally, he also had time to plan the murder while Curtis drowned. Mr. Curtis was drowned by Sheldon's accomplice David, while Johnny was encircled by the rest of the gang. It was a while Curtis was drowning that he was able to decide how to kill Sheldon, and so he

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