释义 |
`1`Lesser Included Offense `2` "Legal Lexicon":
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE - In some cases the law which a person is charged with breaking actually covers two separate crimes, one is more serious than the second, and the second is generally called a lesser included offense; Charges that contain elements of the most serious charge against a defendant. For instance, a person charged with first-degree murder (which requires premeditation) could be convicted of second-degree murder (a killing done without premeditation) or manslaughter (a killing done in the heat of passion) |