Felony Jury Selection Allocation
Ivy Ibarra faces trial on a felony charge. The court determines the number of peremptory challenges available to each side by reference to the maximum term of imprisonment authorized for the offense.
Also known as: imprisons · imprisoned · imprisoning · imprisonment
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To confine a person within boundaries fixed by the actor without valid consent or legal authority. The confinement must be complete, and liability follows when the actor intends the restraint and it occurs through physical barriers, duress, or submission to threats that overcome free will.
Ivy Ibarra faces trial on a felony charge. The court determines the number of peremptory challenges available to each side by reference to the maximum term of imprisonment authorized for the offense.
Irene Ingalls testifies in a civil suit. Opposing counsel offers her earlier conviction for an offense punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year to attack her credibility.
Isabella Ingram's supervisor locks her inside a windowless room and threatens a personal lawsuit unless she signs an incident report. Ingram remains for ninety minutes before signing under protest.
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Isaiah Ishikawa is forced by a store manager to remain in a back office while the manager demands money in exchange for not calling police. Ishikawa complies out of fear of arrest.
India Inoue faces cross-examination in a criminal trial. The court excludes evidence of her prior conviction because it was the subject of a certificate of rehabilitation and she has no later offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year.
Isabelle Inman blocks another employee from entering one hallway but leaves all other exits open. The employee simply uses an alternate route and suffers no complete restraint.
Consent is ineffective when the duress overcomes free will, such as a threat to report an employee to a housing authority that could result in loss of subsidized housing. Courts examine the power imbalance, the victim's known vulnerabilities, and whether the threat leaves any practical means of escape.
Evidence of a conviction is inadmissible if the conviction was the subject of a pardon, annulment, or certificate of rehabilitation based on a finding of rehabilitation and the person has not been convicted of a later crime punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year.
Confinement is complete only when the actor fixes boundaries that the other person cannot leave without the actor's consent. Preventing travel in one direction while leaving reasonable alternative routes open does not create liability for false imprisonment.
The government receives six peremptory challenges and the defendant or defendants jointly receive ten when the offense is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year.
…by this Act is guilty of a [felony] and, upon conviction thereof, may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding [$1,000] or to imprisonment [in the state penitentiary] not exceeding [5 years], or both. "SECTION 3. [ Uniformity of Interpretation. ] This Act shall be construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform…