How to Use in the first degree in a Sentence
in the first degree
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In March 2004, a King County grand jury found Mezquia guilty of murder in the first degree.
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David De Sola,
Rolling Stone,
23 May 2021
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The charge is 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, a class E felony.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2024
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The complaint says that Best has formally been charged with two counts of murder in the first degree.
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Sean Neumann,
Peoplemag,
4 Dec. 2023
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Summer Meeks, 21, homeless of Fort Smith, is charged with battery in the first degree.
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Sadie Lacicero,
arkansasonline.com,
14 June 2024
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The prosecution charged both men with two counts of felony murder in the first degree.
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Sarah Stillman,
The New Yorker,
11 Dec. 2023
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To count one of the indictment, murder in the first degree of victim, Luke Hoyer.
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Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
21 Oct. 2021
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Petty has also served time for manslaughter in the first degree for killing a man in 2002.
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Thania Garcia,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2024
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Lester has been charged with one count of felony assault in the first degree and one felony count of armed criminal action.
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Kiara Alfonseca,
ABC News,
19 Apr. 2023
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Trump was found guilty of 34 felony charges of falsifying business records in the first degree.
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Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
30 May 2024
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The charge of assault in the first degree carries a potential punishment of up to life in prison.
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Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2023
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Lester faces charges of assault in the first degree and armed criminal action.
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Nicholas Reimann,
Forbes,
18 Apr. 2023
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Lester has been charged with assault in the first degree and armed criminal action.
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Julianne McShane,
NBC News,
28 Aug. 2023
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The suspect, Wesley Paul Marler, 69, has been charged with assault in the first degree and has pleaded not guilty.
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Faith Karimi,
CNN,
15 Sep. 2024
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He is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
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Michael R. Sisak,
Fortune,
6 May 2024
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Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsification of business records in the first degree, which is a felony in New York.
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Stefan Becket,
CBS News,
31 May 2024
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Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
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Anders Hagstrom,
Fox News,
9 Apr. 2024
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Juror: We, the jury, find the defendant, Rodney James Alcala, guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree.
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Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
14 May 2024
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On Wednesday, Lester pleaded not guilty to the charges of assault in the first degree and armed criminal action.
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Holly Yan,
CNN,
21 Apr. 2023
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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.
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Bill Donahue,
Billboard,
24 Jan. 2024
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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.
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Time,
2 Aug. 2023
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Falsifying records in the first degree is subject to up to four years in prison, and a five-thousand-dollar fine.
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Eric Lach,
The New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2024
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Casey White was charged with escape in the first degree following his capture.
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Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
12 July 2022
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Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
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Brooke Singman,
Fox News,
17 May 2024
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Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree last year.
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Brooke Singman,
Fox News,
2 Apr. 2024
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The parents were interviewed by police, and the mother was charged with child cruelty in the first degree.
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Joshua Sharpe,
ajc,
31 Jan. 2022
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All 219 students were charged with criminal trespass in the first degree.
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Alison Cross,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2024
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Gray and Miller both face charges of armed felony murder in the first degree in connection with Teklemariam's death.
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Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
10 July 2024
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Khalid Kamau was charged with criminal trespass and burglary in the first degree.
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Landon Mion,
Fox News,
9 July 2023
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He was taken to the county jail and charged with terroristic threatening in the first degree.
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Compiled From Staff and Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Sep. 2024
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More than six years after Garcia’s death, the jury found Joplin guilty of all charges: murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, and theft in the first degree.
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Xander Samaras,
ABC News,
20 Sep. 2024
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