The lawsuit cannot proceed until a proper summons is properly served. Common motives are money and revenge. While evidence of motive is very persuasive it is not a necessary element to prove a crime. A lower state court with jurisdiction over criminal misdemeanors. In many states a felony criminal filing will first be filed in municipal court and then subsequent to indictment be transferred to superior court for felony arraignment.
Misdemeanors remain in municipal court through trial.
The intentional killing of a human being with malice aforethought and without legal excuse or justification. Many states consider it murder when a killing results while in the course of a felony such as a car jacking or a robbery. Most states consider it murder when the killing results from torture, kidnapping or the death of a police officer. Inc. All rights reserved.