This is a crime punishable by imprisonment from one to twenty years for first offenses, and may be more harshly punished under certain recidivist statutes. If the victim has been actually touched by the person committing the crime, then battery has occurred. If the victim has not actually been touched, but only threatened, then the crime is considered to be assault. In Georgia, false imprisonment is a felony that occurss by the unlawful confinement of a person without his valid consent. Generally, false imprisonment is accomplished by force or threat of force.
Kidnapping is an aggravated form of false imprisonment.
It usually involves the transportation or concealment of the person. Homicide is the killing of one person by another. Justifiable homicide, which is commanded or authorized by law, such as the act of a police officer killing an armed suspect who is shooting at him, Excusable homicide, for which there is a legal defense, such as the act of a person shooting an armed intruder in his own home, and Criminal homicide. Criminal homicide is divided into many different categories. Malice aforethought is defined to be the intent to kill or to inflict bodily injury, either express or implied.