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Murder and Homicide
We hear the word “murder” used in a lot of situations: “This job is murder!” Environmental activists sometimes refer to the “murder” of an...
Assault With a Dangerous Weapon in Massachusetts
Under Massachusetts’ laws, any person who uses a weapon to commit assault (the attempted use of physical force, or demonstrating an intent to use ph...
Intoxication Manslaughter in Texas
In at least one state, Texas, lawmakers have created a category of homicide that applies to situations where a drunk or intoxicated person operate...
Malicious and Unlawful Wounding in Virginia
In Virginia, the crime of malicious wounding is committed by intentionally causing injury to another person with the intent to kill or very seriou...
Laws on Grand Theft
Theft and thievery have been around for as long as mankind has believed in the idea of individual property and property rights. Today, states diff...
Assault in the Second Degree in Missouri
Under Missouri law, the most serious assault crimes are assault in the first degree and assault in the second degree.
Felony Battery in Indiana
In Indiana, a person commits battery by “knowingly or intentionally touch[ing] another person in a rude, insolent, or angry manner” (Ind. Code...
Types of Robbery Charges: Varying Felony Classes
In simple terms, robbery is when you’re accused of using violence or force to take the property of another person. The charges you may be facing...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in California
California defines assault as an attempt to commit a battery, but also as any act that will likely result in the application of physical force on anot...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Delaware
In order to keep criminal statistics consistent between all the states, assault with a deadly weapon is included under the head of aggravated assaul...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Connecticut
Federal statistics include all assault with a deadly weapon charges under the heading of aggravated assault, so that the statistics remain consisten...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Colorado
In order to keep federal statistics consistent across the individual states, the charge of assault with a deadly weapon is considered aggravated ass...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Washington D.C.
In Washington, a person commits assault with a deadly weapon, a felony, by touching, attempting to injure or touch, or threatening to injure anoth...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Florida
In Florida, an assault is intentional threats, words or actions that cause a person to feel afraid of impending violence. (Fla. Stat. §784.011.) ...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Maine
Each state uses its own determinants for categorizing where in its legal code assault with a deadly weapon will be recorded.
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Hawaii
In Hawaii, it is a crime to commit an assault (cause injury to another person) with a dangerous instrument, such as a firearm or other weapon. It ...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Georgia
In Georgia, assault with a deadly weapon can fall under either an assault or a battery charge. For purposes of keeping federal statistics consistent...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Iowa
A dangerous weapon is an object that was designed primarily to inflict death or injury on a human being or animal (such as a knife, gun, razor, or...
Assault & Battery with Intent to Commit a Serious Felony in Idaho
Assault in Idaho is an attempt to cause physical injury to another person – for instance, attempting to strike someone with a hand or object, and mi...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Indiana
Assault with a deadly weapon is considered an offense that would be charged as battery in Indiana.
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Illinois
Assault with a deadly weapon in the state of Illinois can fall under several different charges depending upon circumstances and severity. For purposes...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Louisiana
Assault in Louisiana is an attempt to cause physical injury to another person—for instance, attempting to strike someone with a hand or to shoot...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Maryland
From state to state, the charge of assault with a deadly weapon may vary among other charges such as assault or aggravated assault. For purposes of ...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Mississippi
Assault with a deadly weapon falls under different criminal categories depending upon the state in which the crime occurs and the circumstances of t...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Minnesota
In Minnesota, a person commits assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony, by injuring, attempting to injure, or threatening to injure another pers...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Michigan
Assault with a deadly weapon – or felonious assault – is an assault committed with: 1) an object that can inflict serious injury; and 2) the i...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Rhode Island
Assault with a deadly weapon is a particular crime in the state of Rhode Island; however, variants of the crime can still take place either under as...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma, assault and battery are two separate crimes but also can be charged as the single crime of “assault and battery.” An offender is ...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Oregon
Oregon has several laws on the books that cover the criminal charge of assault with a deadly weapon. For the sake of keeping criminal records acro...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in North Dakota
In order to keep federal statistics for certain crimes under the same category, the crime of “Assault with a Deadly Weapon” is categorized under...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in North Carolina
Assault with a deadly weapon in North Carolina is a felony crime that is committed with either the intent to kill or that results in serious injur...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in New Jersey
In New Jersey, an assault occurs when a person injures or attempts to injure another person without legal justification. Assault can be charged as...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Montana
Assault with a weapon in Montana, more commonly known as “assault with a deadly weapon,” is a felony crime.
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Nebraska
In Nebraska, assault with a dangerous instrument can be an assault in the second or first degree. A dangerous instrument also is referred to as a ...
South Carolina Aggravated Assault Laws
In South Carolina, assault and battery is one crime. It is a felony when the victim suffers great bodily injury, when great bodily injury is likel...
Pennsylvania Aggravated Assault Laws
In Pennsylvania, assault is a crime that can be a misdemeanor or a felony. A person commits an assault when he inflicts (or attempts to inflict) a...
Rhode Island Aggravated Assault Laws
In Rhode Island, felony assault is any assault with a dangerous weapon or that results in serious physical injury.
North Dakota Aggravated Assault Laws
In North Dakota, aggravated assault, a felony, is the infliction of serious injury against another person or the infliction of any injury under ci...
Kentucky Aggravated Assault Laws
An assault occurs in Kentucky when a person physically injures (or, in some cases, simply attempts to injure) another person, without legal justif...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in New York
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in the state of New York falls can fall under several different definitions of “Assault” under New York Laws. For...
New Mexico Assault and Battery: Deadly Weapon & Other Aggravated Charges
The crime of aggravated assault, which includes assault with a deadly weapon, usually is a fourth degree felony in New Mexico. The crime of aggravated...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, a person commits the crime of assault with a deadly weapon by causing injury to another with a weapon. The crime may be a misdemeano...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Virginia
In the state of Virginia the charge of “Assault with a Deadly Weapon” isn’t a crime written as such, but the offense as it is understood would...
Nebraska Aggravated Assault Laws
In Nebraska, assault in the first degree consists of intentionally or knowingly causing physical injury to another and is a Class II felony. (Neb....
Montana Aggravated Assault Laws
Felony assault in Montana is known as “aggravated assault.” Those charged face the possibility of serious penalties, including large fines and...
Indiana Aggravated Assault Laws
In Indiana, a person commits the crime of felony battery by touching someone in a rude or disrespectful way and inflicting serious injury or using...
Hawaii Aggravated Assault Laws
In Hawaii, an assault occurs when a person physically injures another person, without legal justification. Hawaii has three assault crimes: first-...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Tennessee
In the state of Tennessee, assault with a deadly weapon falls under the criminal code as an assault or more precisely aggravated assault. In the yea...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Pennsylvania
Assault with a deadly weapon in Pennsylvania can fall under either simple assault or aggravated assault, depending on circumstances.
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in South Carolina
In the year 2000 in the state of South Carolina, the population was approximately 4,012,012 making it the 26th highest in population among the stat...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in South Dakota
Assault with a deadly weapon in the state of South Dakota falls under the criminal code as either assault or aggravated assault. In 2000, South Dako...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Wyoming
In the state of Wyoming an “Assault with a Deadly Weapon” is considered an “Aggravated Assault.” Assault can be either simple or aggravated ...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Wisconsin
Under Wisconsin law, the crime of “assault with a deadly weapon” is not defined directly in those terms. In fact, the crimes of “assault” or...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Washington
In the state of Washington the charge of “Assault with a Deadly Weapon” falls under the criminal offense of “Assault.” There are four “deg...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in West Virginia
In the state of West Virginia there is not a law specifically called “Assault with a Deadly Weapon.” Any assault of the kind that would parallel...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Utah
In Utah, committing the crime of assault (causing, threatening, or attempting to cause injury to another person) with a dangerous weapon is a felo...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Vermont
In Vermont, the crime of assault with a deadly weapon is committed by using a gun or other weapon to cause injury to another person, and it may be...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Arizona
According to the laws in the state of Arizona (ARS 13-1204 Aggravated Assault Statutes) an assault with a deadly weapon is considered an aggravated ...
Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Alaska
In Alaska, an assault with a deadly weapon is considered “aggravated assault.” If convicted of an assault of any kind in Alaska, there is the po...
Facing Criminal Charges of Grand Theft in Florida
Charges of grand theft in Florida are filed when you are accused of the theft of property over $300 in value. Depending on the value of the proper...
Vehicular Homicide and Manslaughter Legal Defenses
Cases involving vehicular homicide are often very shocking and receive extensive media spotlight. An average day or a fun night out can end with...
Felony Classes: Charges and Penalties
A felony is a criminal offense for which a convicted person can be sentenced to serve one or more years in a state or federal prison, pay fines or b...
Felony DWI in Texas
DWI is a term that most drivers hope never to hear, because it means they have committed a serious crime and are looking at prison time, heavy fines...
What is the Death Penalty Appeals Process?
There are currently 35 states that allow the death penalty to be imposed for certain types of crimes. Both New Mexico and New Jersey have recently r...
Handling a Utah Misdemeanor thats Elevated to a Felony
If you’ve been charged with a misdemeanor in Utah, don’t rest on your laurels. Even though the reasons for your arrest may warrant a mis...
Consequences of a Florida Felony Conviction
A felony conviction can have a major impact on a person’s life and can ruin their chances of securing gainful employment. The state of Florida...
Can I go to jail for selling fake drugs?
Question: I sold a baggie of aspirins that I said was OxyContin to a guy at a concert. After the show, I heard that there were undercover officer...
Felony Drug Possession
Possessing “illegal drugs” may be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony, a more serious charge. The prosecutor’s choice will depend on the type...
Failure to Stop and Give Information
“Hit-and-run” laws, also known as “stop-and-give-aid” laws, require drivers who are involved in collisions to
Felony Violent Crimes
When most people think about crime, it's violent crimes that quickly come to mind. You don't have to know a lot about the law to know that violent...
Battery on An Officer
Battery against a police officer involves causing injury to a law enforcement officer (or, in some states, attempting to or threatening to cause i...
Felony Assault and Battery
The crime of battery is the intentional touching of another in an angry manner, or the intentional use of force or violence against another. Grabb...
Felony Theft
The term “theft” encompasses a group of crimes that all involve depriving someone else of his or her property. When most people think of theft...
Deadly Conduct
Using weapons in a dangerous, threatening, or reckless manner is a crime. In Texas, the reckless use of a weapon is known as “deadly conduct” ...
DUI Felony
Drunk driving is often referred to as driving under the influence of alcohol, or DUI, but can also be known as as driving while intoxicated, or DW...
Evading Arrest on Foot
The crime of evading arrest is committed when a person flees (runs away) from a police officer to avoid being apprehended, detained, or arrested.
Grand Theft Auto
Grand theft auto, or stealing an automobile or other vehicle, is a felony in most states, and may be punished by imprisonment. While the laws in e...
Failure to Identify to the Police
Law enforcement officers routinely ask people for their names and other identifying information. Police may ask for the information as part of a s...
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