How to Use in the first degree in a Sentence

in the first degree

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  • In 2015, a jury found Harold guilty of murder in the first degree.
    Sean Keane, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • In March 2004, a King County grand jury found Mezquia guilty of murder in the first degree.
    David De Sola, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2021
  • The charge is 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, a class E felony.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The complaint says that Best has formally been charged with two counts of murder in the first degree.
    Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Summer Meeks, 21, homeless of Fort Smith, is charged with battery in the first degree.
    Sadie Lacicero, arkansasonline.com, 14 June 2024
  • The prosecution charged both men with two counts of felony murder in the first degree.
    Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • To count one of the indictment, murder in the first degree of victim, Luke Hoyer.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Petty has also served time for manslaughter in the first degree for killing a man in 2002.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Lester has been charged with one count of felony assault in the first degree and one felony count of armed criminal action.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Trump was found guilty of 34 felony charges of falsifying business records in the first degree.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024
  • The charge of assault in the first degree carries a potential punishment of up to life in prison.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Hamilton and DeMaio were also found guilty of burglary in the first degree.
    Nic F. Anderson, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Lester faces charges of assault in the first degree and armed criminal action.
    Nicholas Reimann, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Levi Daniels, 29, of Hanson Circle in Lavaca, was arrested on a charge of battery in the first degree with the use of a weapon.
    River Valley Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Lester has been charged with assault in the first degree and armed criminal action.
    Julianne McShane, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The suspect, Wesley Paul Marler, 69, has been charged with assault in the first degree and has pleaded not guilty.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
  • He is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
    Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 6 May 2024
  • Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsification of business records in the first degree, which is a felony in New York.
    Stefan Becket, CBS News, 31 May 2024
  • Gilder was charged with grand theft in the first degree, and robbery with a mask, according to court documents.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
    Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Juror: We, the jury, find the defendant, Rodney James Alcala, guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2024
  • On Wednesday, Lester pleaded not guilty to the charges of assault in the first degree and armed criminal action.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
  • If convicted of the charges — all misdemeanors — Crowe faces up to three months in prison for both the stalking count and the harassment in the first degree count.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Charges The charges against Trump in the hush-money case, brought on April 3, include 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
    Time, 2 Aug. 2023
  • He was being held Sunday at the Craighead County jail and facing one count of battery in the first degree.
    Lena Miano, arkansasonline.com, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Falsifying records in the first degree is subject to up to four years in prison, and a five-thousand-dollar fine.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Casey was later charged with escape in the first degree and felony murder in connection with Vicky’s death.
    Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Casey White was charged with escape in the first degree following his capture.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 12 July 2022
  • Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
    Brooke Singman, Fox News, 17 May 2024
  • The New York charges include murder in the first degree in furtherance of terrorism, two counts of second-degree murder, including one as an act of terrorism, and several weapons charges.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025

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