criminal law and procedure

A mitigating factor, also called a mitigating circumstance or extenuating circumstance, is any fact or circumstance that lessens the defendant’s severity or culpability of a criminal offense.

The Model Penal Code (or MPC) is a model code assembled by the American Legal Institute that was first promulgated in 1962. Following the MPC’s promulgation, many states’ criminal codes underwent significant reforms, and to this day, many states’ criminal codes are based on the MPC.

The Model Penal Code insanity defense is the distinct formulation of the insanity defense found in the Model Penal Code and adopted by 21 states either completely or in a modified format. 

The defense is found in MPC §4.01, which states: 

Money laundering refers to a financial transaction scheme that aims to conceal the identity, source, and destination of illicitly-obtained money. Given the many ways money laundering can be achieved, the regulation of money laundering by the federal government includes a complex web of regulations trying to target money laundering directly and indirectly through criminal punishment and reporting requirements.

A motion is a formal request made by any party for a desired ruling, order, or judgment. 

In law, a motion to quash is a formal request made to a court to declare a specific proceeding, such as a subpoena, an arrest warrant, or a legal complaint, as invalid or void.

In a legal context, motive is the reason a person may have committed a crime. Rather, as defined in the case State v.

Murder is when a person unlawfully kills another person. Murder is not the same as homicide because not all homicide is unlawful. Instead, murder is a category of homicide. The precise legal definition of murder varies by jurisdiction. Most states distinguish between different degrees of murder (first, second, and third).

• criminal law
• FELONY
• VIOLENT FELONY
• capital offense

Mutilation is a war crime under international criminal law. In International Criminal Court, a prosecution for mutilation must show the following:

Narcotics are perception-altering or sensory-dulling substances either derived from natural sources, such as opium or coca plants, or produced synthetically to replicate their effects.