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The ownership of property is referred to as “Title”.

In criminal procedure the 5th Amendment requires  that a felony case be presented to a grand jury before a person is indicted for the commission of that felony.

The only crime that we studied that can be charged as either a misdemeanor or a felony is _________________________________.   The nature of the charge depends on the value of the property involved in the criminal act.

In addition to the major classifications of crimes we also discussed Enhanced Penalty Crimes.  As the name suggests the penalty is enhanced by each repeated commission of the same crime within the statutory period of time.  These crimes include:

Although we generally think of burglary involves theft or stealing, that is not part of the definition of this crime.  A person can be charge with burglary although no act of theft is involved.

The example used in class to illustrate fraud was:

The two types of property are :

After a criminal trial, if the jury finds the defendant not guilty, the prosecution can appeal the decision and have the defendant tried again.

A gift causa mortis is a gift made in contemplation of imminent and immediate death – a deathbed gift.

The type of title held by multiple owners is distinguished by how the owner’s interest is disposed of on his/her death.