Types of crimes
What is a a serious crime such as murder, kidnapping and robbery punishable by a year or more in state prison?
Felony
Penal code
protect citizens from excessive charges, limit of freedoms and abusive power of authorities.
Amendments
assault which includes death threats or serious bodily harm
Aggravated Assault
carried out by a threat pf bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause harm.
Assult
Less serious crimes such as shoplifting, DUI usually carries a fine and a jail sentencing of less than a year.
Misdemeanor
Body of law dealing with crime and the legal punishment of criminal offenses
Criminal Law
party who was wronged and is filling civil case law
Plaintiff
person enters a building or habitation with intent to commit a felony theft or assult
Burglary
legally married person marrying or attempting to marry somebody other than their spouse
Bigamy
mild crimes such as littering, parking violations, only punishable by tickets or fines.
Infraction
Law implementing and interpreting the United States constitution in criminal justice cases
Constitution Law
responding party or alleged wrongdoer
Defendant
robbery which includes causing serious bodily harm.
Aggravated robbery
person unlawfully taking someone else property without injury
theft
Crime of killing a human being without malice prior to the killing.
Manslaughter
Laws applied to the United States as a whole
Federal Laws
legal action between two parties in a civil law case
Civil Litigation
illegally taking someone by force or without their consent
Kidnapping
lying under oath
perjury
Crimes which can be considered between a felony and misdemeanor based on circumstances.
Wobbler
Each states unique system of laws and courts.
State laws
Officer using his position in an office for unlawful personal gain.
Abuse of office
person offering, accepting a to accept payment for the possession of a child.
Sale or purchase of a child
person offering something of value to a public servant in order to influence actions against legal duties.
Bribery