In criminal procedure the 5th Amendment requires  that a felony case be presented to a grand jury before a person is indicted for the commission of that felony.

The ownership of property is referred to as “Title”.

In addition to the major classifications of crimes we also discussed Enhanced Penalty Crimes.  As the name suggests the penalty is enhanced by each repeated commission of the same crime within the statutory period of time.  These crimes include:

The requirements for a completed gift include all the following except:  

The example used in class to illustrate fraud was:

The Constitutional protections found in the fifth amendment apply only to individuals and not businesses and corporations.

Because real property cannot be physically moved or transferred, we refer to ownership in real property as a “bundle of rights”, referring to the rights of ownership, control, use, enjoyment, exclusion and the right to dispose of the property.

The two types of property are :

The first consideration in deciding whether a defense is justified (self defense) is whether the force used is deadly or non-deadly force.

A gift causa mortis is a gift made in contemplation of imminent and immediate death – a deathbed gift.