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Lesser crime

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003002

A criminal offense that is less serious than another crime with which it is associated, but shares some of the same elements. A defendant charged with a greater crime may be convicted of a lesser crime if the evidence supports it. For example, simple assault is a lesser crime than aggravated assault.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003002
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003002",
  "term": "Lesser crime",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A criminal offense that is less serious than another crime with which it is associated, but shares some of the same elements. A defendant charged with a greater crime may be convicted of a lesser crime if the evidence supports it. For example, simple assault is a lesser crime than aggravated assault.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/lesser-crime/"
}

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