While difficult to generalise across jurisdictions, common criminal acts under bankruptcy statutes typically involve concealment of assets, concealment or destruction of documents, conflicts of interest, fraudulent claims, false statements or declarations, and fee fixing or redistribution arrangements.

Among many achievements, Henry institutionalized common law by creating a unified system of law " common " to the country through incorporating and elevating local custom to the national, ending local control and peculiarities, eliminating arbitrary remedies and reinstating a jury system – citizens sworn on oath to investigate reliable criminal accusations and civil claims.

Self-exile is often depicted as a form of protest by the person that claims it, to avoid persecution or legal matters ( such as tax or criminal allegations ), an act of shame or repentance, or isolating oneself to be able to devote time to a particular thing.

OCI agents pursue and develop cases where criminal actions have occurred, such as fraudulent claims, or knowingly and willfully shipping known adulterated goods in interstate commerce.

In criminal trials, the insanity defense is where the defendant claims they are not responsible for their actions due to mental health problems ( psychiatric illness or mental handicap ).

The sexologists ' claims that homosexuality was a congenital anomaly were generally well-accepted by homosexual men ; it indicated that their behavior was not inspired by nor should be considered a criminal vice, as was widely acknowledged.

It claims to fight drugs and gangsterism but its members have been implicated in several criminal and terrorist acts.

Clemens ' attorney Rusty Hardin denied the claims, calling McNamee " a troubled and unreliable witness " who has changed his story five times in an attempt to avoid criminal prosecution.

A Cleveland grand jury cleared two bishops of racketeering charges, finding that their mishandling of sex abuse claims did not amount to criminal racketeering.

In the United States, some states provide for bench trials only for small claims, criminal and traffic offenses, and criminal offenses with a penalty of imprisonment of less than six months, then provide the ability to appeal a loss to a Superior or Municipal Court for a brand-new trial.

During this period, Nikolas Schreck ( not a member of the COS ) and Zeena LaVey ( the younger daughter of Anton LaVey ) appeared on interview with televangelist Bob Larson, during which they both refuted any Satanic criminal ties, and pressed Bob Larson on his own ideals, stating that it was hypocritical of him to endorse such claims by Christians, pointing out the Christian background of many criminals, and violent acts within Christian history, such as the crusades.

The Courts of Peace rule on small claims and minor criminal offenses such as petty theft.

Attorneys counsel and advise students on general legal concerns, consumer complaints, debts and bankruptcy, family law, landlord-tenant issues, wills and probate matters, litigation, criminal matters, administration agency matters ( Veterans Administration, e. g. ), and small claims.

Each judicial district has one or more geographical area courts (" GA "' s ), subdivisions of the judicial districts that handle lesser cases such as criminal misdemeanors, small claims, traffic violations, and other civil actions.

* The Court of Common Pleas handles the bulk of the county's caseload, including all felony criminal cases, and civil cases of all kinds involving claims typically in excess of $ 15, 000 or claims for injunctive relief, as well as appeals from state agencies.

* The Municipal Court sits in both Wapakoneta and St. Marys and hears misdemeanor criminal cases, traffic cases, civil claims less than $ 15, 000, and cases involving violations of the municipal codes.

The court handles criminal and civil cases, and has a small claims division.

Another incident involved the USMS awarding a $ 300 million contract to a firm that had a known history of numerous criminal activities leading to convictions for mail fraud and bank fraud and false insurance claims in addition to a civil judgment against its Chief Financial Officer.

In states requiring licensure, there are statutes making it unlawful for any person to conduct a criminal investigation unless they are licensed by the state, or exempt by the statute ( i. e. law enforcement officers or agents, attorneys, paralegals, claims adjusters ).

The Village Justice, also elected in the November general elections for a four year term, presides over the village court which settles criminal, civil, small claims, parking, vehicle and traffic cases that occur within the Village.

The JDL claims that Danny Gillis struck a deal with the FBI to neutralize the JDL by infiltrating the organization and arranging criminal charges of its leadership.

Cohens v. Virginia,, was a United States Supreme Court decision most noted for John Marshall and the Court's assertion of its power to review state supreme court decisions in criminal law matters when the defendant claims that their Constitutional rights have been violated.

More credible estimates are about 10, 000 adult members of religious Satanic churches, temples and grottos as well as 10, 000 solitary practitioners of Satanism ; Rivera's claims of ritualistic abuse, conspiracy and criminal activity remain unsubstantiated.

Criminal actions on the other hand are pursued not to obtain remedies to assist a personalthough often criminal courts do have power to grant such remediesbut to remove their liberty on the state's behalf.

As in the system of the Soviet era, the procurator general and his regional and local equivalents are both the state's chief prosecuting officials and the chief investigators of criminal cases, a configuration that limits the pretrial rights of defendants.

Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch, wrote that " Israel's basic legal principles hold that the right to use force in general, and the right to enforce criminal law by putting people behind bars in particular, is one of the most fundamental and one of the most invasive powers in the state's jurisdiction.

The National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System ( NLETS ) is an interface to search each state's criminal and driver records as well as the License Plate Reader ( LPR ) records going back one year maintained by the U. S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ).

As Controller, Westly opposed Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to change Proposition 98, which requires a certain amount of the state's budget to go towards funding public education and community colleges, and in 2005, he created a tax amnesty plan that allowed individuals and corporations who owed back taxes to prevent facing criminal charges and increased penalties if they would immediately pay their back taxes.

He served only a single one-year term, and emphasized reform of the state's criminal code and penitentiary system.

In Germany, it is a criminal offense to call an institution a university ( Universität ), a Fachhochschule, or issue academic degrees, without authorization through an act of the respective state's Ministry of Education.

He badly discredits the state's expert doctor in a powerful and snarky cross-examination in which he establishes that the doctor has never conceded to the insanity of any defendant in any criminal case in which he has been asked to testify, even when multiple other doctors have been in consensus otherwise.

In Hungary, the police, the public prosecutor or the court ( depending on what individual cases require ) appoints a criminal defender at the state's cost to defend those who can not afford a chosen lawyer.

In 1909, Gillett passed the state's first eugenics law, making it legal for state officials to sterilize mental patients considered clinically insane, prisoners exhibiting sexual or moral perversions, and anyone with more than three criminal convictions.

When an accident, with no suggestion of malevolence, prevents the consummation of a sentence, the state's subsequent course in the administration of its criminal law is not affected on that account by any requirement of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment.

The appellate court disagreed, noting that the state's Criminal Sentencing Reform Act had abolished all common-law defenses in criminal cases, including the year-and-a-day rule.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest criminal appellate court, ruled against Poe's decision and prohibited the videotaping.

During the early part of the 20th century and post-World War I, the Kripo continued to serve as the German state's investigative agency for all criminal activity.

Recent efforts that have received such recognition include a series of stories that resulted in the resignation and criminal conviction of the state House of Delegates education chairman, a series on the environmental effects of mountaintop removal coal mining, a series on the state's " failed " attempts to deal with its residents suffering from mental illness, and a series on the deaths nationwide from the widespread use of methadone.

Part 2 of the Penal Code ( Sections 681-1020 ) codifies the state's criminal procedure system.

Paul and Leonder hope to launder the money earned from their criminal life, but their book keeper Kenneth Cullen has turned state's evidence.

In Texas, discretionary review is granted to both of the state's supreme courts ( Texas is one of two states with separate supreme courts for civil and criminal cases ) for all but death penalty cases, which the Court of Criminal Appeals is required to review, bypassing the Texas Courts of Appeals.

In criminal law, it may be observed that state prohibitions on killing, stealing, and so on derive from the state's duty to protect one's own citizens.

The following year, Cunningham was responsible for an amendment which successfully defined the term " life " in the state's criminal code ( assault provisions ) as " beginning at conception ".

Despite this, " Oregon's criminal prohibition represents that state's judgment that the possession and use of controlled substances, even by only one person, is inherently harmful and dangerous ," Justice O ' Connor stated.

The IWW was harmed by anti-union drives and prosecution of members under the state's new criminal syndicalism laws.

Currently, 21 states have passed legislation that allows law enforcement to take DNA from an arrestee and enter it into the state's CODIS DNA database to see if that person has a criminal record or can be linked to any unsolved crimes.

In the case of State v. MacGuire, 84 P. 3d 1171 ( Utah 2004 ) in 2004 the Utah Supreme Court ruled that all fetuses are covered under the state's criminal homicide statute.