Patricia Weston Rivera
Criminal Law Newsletter
Prosecutors, Immunity and Conflicts of Interests
 
The prosecutor has immunity from civil liability for actions undertaken during their official duties. The prosecutor enjoys both absolute and qualified immunity. The prosecutor has absolute immunity in initiating a prosecution and in presenting the State's case, so long as the prosecutor's actions are done in conformity with the judicial process.More...
 
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION OR A BUILDING
 
A person commits the offense of burglary when he or she: (1) enters a habitation or a building that is not open to the public without the consent of an owner and with the intent to commit a felony or a theft; (2) remains hidden in a habitation or a building without the consent of the owner and with the intent to commit a felony or a theft; or (3) enters a habitation or a building without the consent of the owner and commits or attempts to commit a felony or a theft.More...
 
Federal Criminal Offenses charged in conjunction with Violations of Environmental Statutes
 
An individual or corporation may be charged with violating environmental statutes along with violating other federal statutes. More...
 
Larceny and Conversion of Government Property
 
Larceny or the theft of government property is a federal offense. In order to prove the crime; the prosecution mustprove the following: A wrongful taking or carrying away of property; the property belonged to the United States; the defendant took the property without the consent of the United States; the defendant had the intent to deprive the United States of the property. More...
 
KIDNAPPING & AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING
 
A person commits the offense of kidnapping when he or she intentionally or knowingly abducts another person. The term "person" means a living human being and not an unborn child. The term "abduct" means the restraint of the other person by holding the other person where he or she is unlikely to be found and by using or threatening the other person with deadly force.More...
 
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