Criminal Law

Supreme Court of the State of Washington holds that the crime of "attempted first degree felony murder" does not exist
Supreme Court of the State of Washington holds that the crime of "attempted first degree felony murder" does not exist: According to today's unanimous ruling, "It follows that a charge of attempted felony murder is illogical in that it burdens the State with the necessity of proving that the defendant intended to commit a crime that does not have an element of intent...

LAWS: New law makes fleeing fatal car accident a felony
Herald Leader reports on new law. click on heading for entire story (if available)...

Reduced charges at prelim
Kay Huff and Kip Elliot had some success during preliminary hearing in a Douglas County homicide prosecution...

Are most felony pro se defendants ill-served by the decision to self-represent?
From the SSRN Abstract: "Somewhat surprisingly, the evidence establishes that pro se felony defendants in state court do just as well as represented felony defendants, and the vast majority of pro se felony defendants - nearly 80% - displayed no...

On setting books free
According to this press release, an author from Bristol has a new book, called Murder Takes The Cake, and has set free one volume of it at the Bristol Starbucks, in the manner of BookCrossing...

New Jersey Teen Acquitted Of First-Degree Murder Charge
A Somerset County jury has acquitted a North Plainfield teenager of first degree murder, robbery and felony murder...

Crime Categories
How you can tell a misdemeanor from a felony.

Can I sue my employer for creating a hostile work environment and lying about my work performance to get me to quit?
How does the owner of the business feel about all of this? I suggest that you tr...

What are the differences between legally defined Assault, Battery, Conversion, and Trespass?
assault...

I was under the impression I could still purchace a rifle for pheasant hunting, just not a pistol, I entered the gun store,picked out a nice rifle and took it to the counter, I was asked to fill out a form,half way throu
PS If some one answers this question for me I will pay a reasonable fee,to your ...

Do felony warrants in one state show up when you use your passport or does there have to be a reason for the border patrol to search for warrants.
Since 9/11 the NSA/homeland security can hear you sneeze across three states. Th...

What is the law regarding disclosing felony conviction on an aplication after the crime is 7 years old or older?
It's not like Bankruptcy where it automatically expunges itself after 7 yea...

Daniel V. Leccese Sr.
$250,000 fine for felony mail fraud.

Christopher Fairchild
guilty verdict for helping Tommy Baldridge murder James Mollette.