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PROSECUTION EVIDENCE AT SENTENCING HEARINGS

Either the prosecution or the defense may present evidence at a defendant's sentencing hearing. If the prosecution presents evidence, it is generally in the form of the defendant's prior criminal record or the defendant's bad reputation and bad character.More...

BIGAMY

A person commits the offense of bigamy when he or she is legally married and when he or she marries or purports to marry another person, who is not his or her spouse. A person also commits the offense of bigamy when he or she is not legally married and when he or she marries or purports to marry another person who is legally married. More...

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

A person commits the offense of cruelty to animals if he or she intentionally or knowing tortures an animal, fails to provide food, care, or shelter for an animal, abandons an animal, transports or confines an animal in a cruel manner, kills or seriously injures an animal that belongs to another person, or causes an animal to fight with another animal.More...

SEARCH & SEIZURE - ARREST WARRANTS

The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees the right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures. It provides that warrants for an arrest or for a search shall be based on probable cause, shall be supported by an oath or an affirmation, and shall describe with particularity the place to be searched or the person or thing to be seized.More...

Arrest Warrants

An arrest warrant is a written order from a magistrate or other judicial officer to a police officer commanding the seizure of a person.More...