Use or possession of metal-piercing bullets in the commission of a crime is a Class B felony, punishable by five to 15 years in prison. The crime of armed criminal action occurs when a person commits a felony with a deadly weapon. The penalty can be three to 15 years in prison consecut...
A women's soccer player at the University of Missouri told police that her coach said she might lose her scholarship unless she dropped assault allegations she had made against a star football player. The running back would later be accused in two other assaults. At the ...
There is no penalty for giving untruthful answers and there is no penalty for refusing to answer them at all. In short, nothing you tell the officers is going to be helpful. If you give answers that strengthen their case, you messed up. If you give answers they don’t want to hear,...
Rep.Hardy Billington’sHB 69altered the penalties fortheft of a catalytic converter, adding it to the offense of stealing. The first offense would be a Class A misdemeanor while any subsequent theft within a decade would be a Class E felony. Billington’s bill also includes penalties for those...
"The crime of armed criminal action consists of two features: (1) any felony, and (2) the use of a dangerous and deadly weapon in the commission of (1). The first feature may be any one of a class of offenses, each of which consists in turn of several elements. If (1) specified...