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• 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 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
• Lester faces charges of assault in the first degree and armed criminal action.
  — Nicholas Reimann, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
• Lester has been charged with assault in the first degree and armed criminal action.
  — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree last year.
  — Brooke Singman, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2024
• The parents were interviewed by police, and the mother was charged with child cruelty in the first degree.
  — Joshua Sharpe, ajc, 31 Jan. 2022
• All 219 students were charged with criminal trespass in the first degree.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
• Khalid Kamau was charged with criminal trespass and burglary in the first degree.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 9 July 2023
• Theft in the first degree involves money or property valued at $2,500 or more.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 15 Apr. 2023
• One of those four priors was a burglary in the first degree, and the other three were connected to a single offense that occurred while Briskey was still a minor.
  — Ashley Morrison The Anniston Star, al, 24 Aug. 2022
• Petty pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree for killing a man named Lamont Robinson in 2002.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2022
• Eastman is charged with nine counts, including two counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree.
  — Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2023
• Lester was charged with both assault in the first degree and armed criminal action as Yarl recovered in the hospital.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Aug 2024