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Felonious

Done with an intent to commit a serious crime or a felony; done with an evil heart or purpose; malicious; wicked; villainous.

An aggravated assault, such as an assault with an intent to murder, is a felonious assault. A simple assault, such as one done with an intent to frighten, is not felonious.

felonious

adj. referring to an act done with criminal intent. The term is used to distinguish between a wrong which was not malicious, and an intentional crime, as in "felonious assault," which is an attack meant to do real harm.

felonious

of, involving, or constituting a FELONY.

Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006

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The authors used data from the FBI's annual Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) report, which contains statistics not only regarding felonious killings but also information about accidental deaths.

Accidental line-of-duty deaths of law enforcement officers. (Research Forum)

of Selected Felonious Killings of Law Enforcement Officers (Washington, DC, 1992); and Anthony J.

Officers' Perceptual Shorthand

Suspects: Law enforcement agencies identified 41 alleged assailants in connection with the 48 felonious line-of-duty deaths.

FBI releases 2009 statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

This study clearly shows that an arrest for an apparently minor infraction of the law might well result in a felonious assault against a police officer.

In the line of fire: learning from assaults on law enforcement officers

Region: 20 of the felonious deaths occurred in the South, 9 in the West, 9 in the Midwest, and 3 in the Northeast.

FBI Releases 2008 statistics on law enforcement officers killed and assaulted

Of the 57 officers who died in 2007 as a result of felonious attacks:

Law enforcement officers feloniously killed

* More officers (7 in each month) died from felonious assaults that occurred in August and November than in any other month.

Law enforcement officers feloniously killed

When the task force was formed, there were roughly 10,000-12,000 outstanding warrants for the arrest of felonious fugitives.

Fugitive apprehension task force

LEOKA also provides tabular data about felonious deaths, accidental deaths, and assaults on officers.

Foreword

In September 1992, the FBI published the findings of a 3-year comprehensive study entitled Killed in the Line of Duty: A Study of Selected Felonious Killings of Law Enforcement Officers.

Killed in the line of duty: procedural and training issues

Specifically, Section I of this publication provides facts about the circumstances surrounding both the felonious and accidental deaths of law enforcement officers.