What is criminal intent? Criminal intent is defined in the Louisiana law as either specific or general. Specific criminal intent is a state of mind which exists when the circumstances indicate that the offender actively desired the criminal consequences to follow his act or failure to act.
What Does a First-Degree Murder Charge Mean? A first-degree murder refers to an unlawful killing that is committed with specific intent under certain circumstances. It is the most serious of all homicide offenses in Louisiana. First-degree murder is punishable by death or a sentence of life in prison at hard labor without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence - a conviction for first-degree murder in Louisiana will result in the person staying in jail until death.
