Criminal justice

First degree murder

Deliberate/premeditated killing

Second degree murder

Not deliberate/premeditated killing. Heat of the moment

Felony murder

A killing done while also committing another felony

Voluntary manslaughter

An intentional killing that isn’t premeditated

Involuntary manslaughter

Unintended killing done while also committing a misdemeanor

Vehicular homicide

Killing done in a vehicle while the driver is criminally negligent

Larceny

Legal word for theft

Grand theft

Stealing property worth around $500 and is a felony

Petty theft

Stealing property less than $500 and it’s a misdemeanor

Burglary

unlawful entry into any building with intent to commit a crime, usually theft

Robbery

Forcibly stealing taking of a persons property by violence/threatening violence

Armed robbery

Using a dangerous weapon to take something from a person

Embezzlement

Taking property someone has entrusted you with

Fraud

Knowingly misrepresenting a fact to get property from another person

Extortion

Making a threat with the intent of getting property from another person, usually money

Receiving stolen property

Knowing the property has been stolen and still taking it

Principle in the first degree

Person who carried out the crime

Principle in the second degree

Person near/ at the crime scene and helped commit the crime

Attempt

Intention, take steps, crime isn’t committed

Intent for conspiracy

Understand the agreement and have the purpose of committing the crime