The creation in another of the fear of bodily harm. As the California Supreme Court explained in People v. Williams,…
Criminal Law. “Assailant means one who assails or who assaults; the aggressor." Scales v. State, 96 Ala. 69 (1892). "The…
The removal of things from one place to another. The carrying away of goods; one of the circumstances requisite to…
Criminal Law. The burning of a dwelling or property of another with malice. Under Model Penal Code § 220.1, a…
The term "aggravating circumstances" refers to factors in the sentencing phase of a death penalty case which support imposing the…
Kidnapping with the extra element, such as kidnapping of a child, kidnapping for ransom, kidnapping in order to force the…
Criminal Law. The term "affray" refers to the crime of fighting of two or more persons in some public place to…
Criminal Law. The guilty act. The term "actus reus" refers to the wrongful act or omission to act which renders the…
Criminal Law. An accessory before the fact is one who aids, counsels, commands, or encourages the commission of the crime, but who is not present either actually…
Criminal Law. An accessory after the fact is one who, with knowledge of the other's guilt, renders assistance to a felon…