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| taking of property by State/Fed due to its relationship to criminal activity |
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-schedules I & II felonies
-schedules III & V felonies or misdemeanor
-possession or right to exercise control over controlled substance, knowledge of presence of controlled substance, possession of usable quantity |
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chemical substance that has potential for abuse, designed to produce pharmacological effect, and evade controlling statutory provisions
E.G.- Roofies (Rohypnol) |
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| specifically defined bioactive or psychoactive chemical substance that comes under purview of the criminal law |
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| any of a wide variety of substances having a physical or psychotropic effect on the human body |
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| state of having more than one wife or husband at the same time |
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| crime of marrying one person while still legally married to another person |
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includes homosexual or heterosexual acts of anal, oral, or bestility
-"unnatural sexual behavior" |
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| sex between a male and a female, at least one of whom is married |
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obscene, lewd, or tends to cause lust act
-"indecent exposure" |
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obscene behavior
-if caught on tape...classified as porn |
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appeals to the prurient interest and lacks serious value
-not protected under 1st amendment
-Roth vs. US |
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| soliciting a person to perform an act of prostitution |
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offense committed against the social values and interest represented in and protected by criminal law
Ex- prostitution, gambling, polygamy |
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| recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of a person for purpose of commercial sext act |
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| illegal immigration in which an agent is paid to help a person across a national border |
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| statue in response to 9/11 that increased federal law enforcement authority to prevent, detect, and prosecute terrorists |
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"you have the body"
-a writ challenging the legality of incarceration |
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| commission of a traditional crime with intention of coercing a population or influencing a government through fear |
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| offense of giving or receiving a gift or reward intended to influence a person in the exercise of a judicial or public duty |
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act that public office holder
1) no right to perform
2) performs improperly
3) fails to perform in face of an affirmative duty to act |
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unlawful leaving of official custody w/o permission
-failure to return to custody
-prison break |
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unlawful attempt to interfere w/ administration of the courts
-felony or misdemeanor depending on seriousness |
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deliberate conduct to obstruct or embarrass a court of law
Ex- physical assault on a judge or discussing case outside courtroom when told not to |
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| unlawful procuring of another to commit perjury |
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| crime that consists of a communication or agreement intended to defame the gov't or incite treason |
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| unlawful act of spying for a foreign gov't |
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| use of unlawful acts as a means of accomplishing a change in industrial ownership or political change |
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| deliberate, organized resistance by force and arms, committed by a subject of the gov't |
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attempt to overthrow the gov't of the society of which one is a member of
-specific intent crime |
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| weapon that is carried on or near one's person & not discernible by ordinary observation |
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| act of delaying, lingering, or idling about w/o a lawful reason for being present |
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act of going from place to place by a person who is able to work, but refuses to do so and lives on charity of others
-vagrant wanderer |
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| disturbance of public assembly |
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| crime that occurs when one or more people act unlawfully at a public gathering to purposefully disturb the gathering |
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| taking by means of a riot, of any person from lawful custody of a peace officer |
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| preparatory stage of a riot |
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gathering of 3 or more people for purpose of doing unlawful act
-specific intent crime |
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| fight b/t two of more people in a public place to the terror of others |
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| specific, purposeful, and unlawful behavior that tends to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm |
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unlawful activity that disturbs peace and tranquility of the community
-includes words that could induce violence |
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attempt or inserting a "program" (virus) into a computer
-may damage or destroy computer |
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| personal trespass by computer |
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| use of computer or comp. network to cause physical injury to an individual |
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| use of computer w/o authority to remove data, unauthorized copy of data |
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| unlawful use of a computer to obtain property by a false pretense, embezzle, or commit larceny, convert property of another |
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form of creative endeavor that can be protected by copyright
Ex- trade secrets, conditionality agreements |
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| burglary committed during an officially declared emergency |
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intentional or knowing damage of tangible property of another
-misdemeanor |
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entering or remaining on property of another when entry was forbidden
-also failing to eave when asked to |
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| during a burglary, entry that occurs when the defendant cause another person to enter a structure to commit a crime for felony purposes |
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| breaking and entering of a building, locked automobiles, boat, and w/ intent to commit a felony |
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| unauthorized use of another individual's personal identity to fraudulent obtain money, goods, or services |
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| receipt of property or other valuable consideration in exchange for agreeing to not prosecute one who has committed a crime |
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| form of extortion in which a threat is made to disclose a crime or other social disgrace |
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| taking of personal property by threat of future harm |
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| unlawful taking of property that is in immediate possession of another by force or threat or force |
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| receiving stolen property |
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knowingly taking possession of or control over property that has been stolen.
accepting property that receiver knew was stolen or should have |
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making of a false document or object that does not have any apparent legal significance
Ex- making false antique |
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| offering, passing, or attempted passing of a forged instrument with knowledge that the document is false and with intent to defraud |
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| making of a false written instrument or alteration to an existing one |
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| unlawfully obtaining title to and possession of another by means of deception w/ intent to defraud |
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| unauthorized assumption of the right of ownership |
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| unlawful conversion of the personal property of another by a person to whom it has been entrusted by its rightful owner |
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-defense
against a charge of larceny that consist of an honest belief in ownership |
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| trespassory taking and carrying away of property |
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for crimes of theft
-a taking w/o consent of the victim
Ex- fraud |
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property that has no value in and of its self, but that represents value
Ex- documents, deeds, records of ownership |
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items permanently affixed to the land
Ex- crops, minerals |
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| anything of value that is subject to ownership and that is not land or fixture |
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property that has physical form & can be touched
Ex- land, goods, jewelry |
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| trespassory or wrongful taking and carrying away of personal property of another w/ intent to steal |
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a crime that involves the unlawful acquiring of someone else's property
Ex- larceny, robbery, embezzlement |
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| general term including a wide variety of misconduct by which a person is unlawfully deprived of property |
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