Criminal Law

Vehicular Manslaughter
Being charged with vehicular manslaughter can be a terrifying experience. Simply defined, vehicular manslaughter, or vehicular homicide, is driving negligently, speeding, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or reckless driving which results in the death of another human being...

You don't have to acquit to consider a lesser [NOT FINAL]
Lydia Krebs won today in State v. Espinales, No. 98,193 (Kan. App. Dec. 5, 2008)(unpublished), getting a new trial in a Douglas County murder prosecution...

Misdemeanor verdict in manslaughter prosecution
Here is a Topeka Capital-Journal article reporting that Michael Francis won a vehicular homicide verdict in a Shawnee County DUI-Manslaughter prosecution.

Ind. Courts - "Fight delays manslaughter trial"
Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reported early this afternoon in a brief story that begins:A fistfight at the doors to an Allen County courtroom Monday morning caused a five-month delay in a voluntary manslaughter trial scheduled...

Local man convicted of manslaughter for killing grandpa
From Mark Morris: A Jackson County jury convicted a 25-year-old man of voluntary manslaughter today for killing his grandfather with a hammer...

Indicted Blackwater guards plead not guilty
[JURIST] Five indicted Blackwater USA guards involved in the September 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to federal manslaughter and weapons charges...

Killing of Sexual Partners as Mere Manslaughter:
When can killing a sexual partner or a former sexual partner qualify as mere "voluntary manslaughter" rather than murder under American law? Some of the comments to my honor killing...

New Jersey DUI, Homicide Charges in Easton Motorcycle Accident
A man facing DWI charges in Easton, New Jersey has also been charged with homicide by prosecutors in connection with a June 9 double fatal motorcycle accident on Route 611 in Easton...

KCPD names 100th and 101st homicide cases
Regarding the homicide at the 7-Eleven at 27th and Van Brunt: The robbery suspect/homicide victim has been positively identified as Vincent Williams, 18, of KCMO...

KC man convicted in connection with Northland homicide
From Glenn Rice: A Kansas City man accused in the shooting death of another man who was driving to a casino has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter...

My husband's Grandmother died intestate. She had one sole heir, my husband's Father. He and his wife kept paying taxes on the property.Then he also died intestate. Now, my Mother-in-law wants to sell this property. Accor
Based on my research, his wife would have a 1/3 interest in the property. The ot...

My bank scheduled a funds transfer from the wrong account. Who's Responsible?
According to this situation, the only person to be held accountable is the bank ...

Can I sue the executor of my fathers estate?
Get a lawyer. Not one you pay by the hour - a contingency based attorney. If he ...

My husband died in 2003 without a will. My son and myself inherited a vehicle. The vehicle is only in my name because he is a minor. The vehicle is worth approximately 10000. When I file chapter 7 bankruptcy in Tennessee
no. because it is in ur name....

My husband and I were married in 1995. He had a will, leaving everything to his brothers and sisters at his death. 1 brother and 1 sister has died since and He has never changed his will to include me or anything...Legal
Most jurisdictions have some form of "spousal right of election". This means, t...