| FORGERY |
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| A person commits the offense of forgery when he or she, with the intent to defraud or to harm another person: (1) makes, alters, executes, or authenticates any writing so that it purports to be the act of another person, to be a writing at a certain time or place, or a copy of an original writing that does not exist; (2) issues, transfers, registers, passes, or utters a writing that purports to be the act of another person, to be a writing at a certain time or place, or a copy of an original writing that does not exist; or (3) possesses a writing with the intent to utter it, which writing purports to be the act of another person, to be a writing at a certain time or place, or a copy of an original writing that does not exist. More... |
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| CONFESSIONS - SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO COUNSEL |
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| In addition to the right to counsel during interrogation under the self-incrimination privilege of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, a person has a right to the assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution when the person is being interrogated after he or she is formally charged with an offense.
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| FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES |
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| The Federal Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 made many changes regarding sentencing in federal district courts. The Act established the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which guidelines govern all federal offenses other than petty offenses that were committed after November 1, 1987. The guidelines also abolished parole in the federal prison system, reduced the amount of credit that a federal prisoner could receive for good behavior, and imposed mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug offenses.More... |
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| Larceny and Conversion of Government Property |
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| Larceny or the theft of government property is a federal offense. In order to prove the crime; the prosecution mustprove the following: A wrongful taking or carrying away of property; the property belonged to the United States; the defendant took the property without the consent of the United States; the defendant had the intent to deprive the United States of the property.
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| Aiding and Abetting Illegal Aliens and Employment of Illegal Aliens |
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| An illegal alien is a person born in a foreign country who has come into the United States by way of improper channels. Illegal aliens may enter the United States by crossing the Mexican or Canadian border. They are also smuggled in by means of transportation by roadway or waterway.
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