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The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is the compilation of all permanent laws currently in force in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] Temporary laws such as appropriations acts are excluded. It is published by the Washington State Statute Law Committee and the Washington State Code Reviser which it employs and supervises. [2] [3]
First degree felony murder is defined as a homicide committed by a participant against someone other than another participant, who is committing or attempting to commit (including during immediate flight from the crime) one of the following crimes: (1) robbery in the first or second degree, (2) rape in the first or second degree, (3) burglary in the first degree, (4) arson in the first or ...
The law technically distinguishes between motive and intent. "Intent" in criminal law is synonymous with mens rea ('guilty mind'), which means the mental state shows liability which is enforced by law as an element of a crime. [3] "Motive" describes instead the reasons in the accused's background and station in life that are supposed to have ...
First degree robbery 5 years in prison. If an offense committed within 10 years of completing a prison term for a previous robbery, 10 years in prison. Second degree robbery 3 years in prison. If an offense committed within 10 years of completing a prison term for a previous robbery, 8 years in prison.
In criminal law, strict liability is liability for which mens rea (Law Latin for "guilty mind") does not have to be proven in relation to one or more elements comprising the actus reus ("guilty act") although intention, recklessness or knowledge may be required in relation to other elements of the offense (Preterintentionally [1] [2] /ultraintentional [3] /versari in re illicita).
Theft of goods valued between $750 and $5000 is second-degree theft, a Class C felony. [96] Theft of goods valued above $5000, of a search-and-rescue dog on duty, of public records from a public office or official, of metal wire from a utility, or of an access device, is a Class B felony, [ 97 ] as is theft of a motor vehicle [ 98 ] or a firearm.
The common elements of robbery are: a trespassory taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with the intent to steal from the person or presence of the victim by force or threat of force. [24] The first six elements are the same as common law larceny. It is the last two elements that aggravate the crime to common law robbery.
At the second trial, he was tried again with arson, first and second degree murder, convicted on the greater offense and sentenced to death. [12] He appealed, claiming the second trial should not have included the greater offense under the Double Jeopardy Clause. The D.C. Circuit Court rejected the claim.