Is the ‘crime of false pretenses’ the same as fraud?
The crime of false pretenses can be more succinctly described as fraud, but it is not a term that can be easily explained since what constitutes a crime of false pretenses varies from state to state. There are some common circumstances across all states though: the criminal secures ownership of the victim’s property by telling [...]
Is the crime of armed robbery considered theft?
Theft is a term that often encompasses many property crimes, such as larceny, embezzlement, armed robbery, shoplifting, fraud, and others. Generally, it is the taking of someone’s property without that person’s consent. In a theft, the property can be movable, like a purse, or immovable, like the taking of land by illegally deeding another’s property [...]
What Constitutes Terroristic Threatening?
Terroristic threatening is recklessly or intentionally threatening to commit a violent crime for the purpose of terrorizing another, causing public panic, or causing the evacuation or disruption of a public space or facility. Some state laws are narrow, specifying that the threat must be very specific and direct, while other states adopt a looser [...]
Assault and Battery Charges
Assault is both a crime and a tort, and, therefore, may result in either criminal or civil liability. Battery is a criminal offense and is oftentimes coupled with criminal assault; and as such, the two acts are considered to be two elements of the same crime. In essence, an assault involves the threat or attempt [...]
Sexual Assault Charges
According to the US Department of Justice, there were 152,680 completed and attempted sexual assaults per year between 1992 and 2000 for females aged 12 or older. Approximately one in six American women will be a victim of a sexual assault in her lifetime. Although sexual assaults most frequently are by a man on a [...]