Crimes
Crimes
Financial Crimes
Amendments
Supreme Court Cases
100

Premeditated act of killing another person. 

1st Degree Murder

100

Possessing more than an ounce of Marijuana

Drug trafficking

100

The offering of something of value to a public official in exchange for influence over that public official

Bribery

100

Freedom from warrant less searches without reasonable, probable cause

4th Amendment

100

This court case stated that the National Bank was a legitimate enterprise

McCullough v Maryland

200

The intentional burning of any personal property or possessions

Arson

200

Taking a child that is not yours without the parents permission and fleeing the scene with the child

Kidnapping

200

Pretending to be more hurt than you are after a car accident to get more money from the person who caused the accident

Insurance Fraud

200

Freedom from cruel and unusual punishments

8th Amendment

200

This court case made segregation legal (separate but equal)

Plessy v Ferguson

300

Theft with the threat of violence to the person being stolen 

Robbery

300

Throwing a glass bottle across a crowded room and striking another person.

Aggravated Assault

300

Using confidential information about another company to make decisions on investing in that company

Securities Fraud (Insider Trading)

300

Right to not testify against yourself in a court of law

5th Amendment

300

This Supreme Court Case made it illegal for states to remove Native Americans from their territory but ultimately lead to the Trail of Tears

Worcester v Georgia

400

A killing that occurs in the course of another crime

2nd Degree Murder

400

Sticking your hand through a car window to steal an iPhone sitting in the docking station.

Burglary

400

Theft of monetary assets by a person entrusted with the responsibility to manage those assets

Embezzlement 

400
Right to trial by jury

6th Amendment

400

This court case dealt with the federal governments ability to regulate interstate commerce

Gibbons v Ogden

500

The physical striking of a person that you are in a relationship with

Domestic Violence

500

Willfully ignoring signs while camping that say don't start a fire, and starting a fire anyways that ultimately causes a forest fire

Arson

500

Transferring of any money from illegal activities into legitimate avenues 

Money Laundering

500

Right to an attorney

6th Amendment

500

This court case determined that slaves can be owned on free soil and that slaves (and African Americans in general) were not citizens so they had no right to appeal a trial in court.

Scott v Sanford