| UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON WHERE PROHIBITED |
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| In some states, a person commits the offense of unlawful possession of a weapon where prohibited if he or she intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly possesses a firearm, an illegal knife, a club, or a prohibited weapon on or within a certain number of feet from certain premises. Such premises include schools or educational institutions, polling places on the day of an election, courthouses, racetracks, secured areas of airports, or correctional institutions. More... |
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| Bribery and Financial Institutions |
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| Bribery with respect to financial institutions is a federal offense.More... |
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| Customs Fraud |
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| What Constitutes Customs Fraud
Fraud is defined as an intentional perversion of the truth to induce another individual into believing or doing something that they would not otherwise do. Fraud is an intentional crime.
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| INSANITY DEFENSE |
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| The defense of insanity is an affirmative defense to a criminal offense if at the time of the offense a defendant was suffering from a severe mental disease or defect, which disease or defect rendered the defendant incapable of knowing that his or her conduct was wrong. The purpose of the defense is to determine whether the defendant should be held responsible for the offense. It only excuses the defendant's conduct. It does not mean that the defendant did not commit the offense.More... |
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| SEXUAL ASSAULT |
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| A person commits the offense of sexual assault when he or she intentionally or knowingly and without another person's consent causes the penetration of the anus or the female sexual organ of another person, causes the penetration of the mouth of the other person with a sexual organ, or causes the sexual organ of the other person to contact or to penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of the person or any other person. More... |
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