misdemeanour

Examples of felony

felony
The first made all felonies non-capital offences unless expressly stated otherwise.
The question takes on particular force when we are dealing with felonies that have quite mild punishments associated with them.
Indeed, larcenies can be designated as a misdemeanor or felony, depending on the state.
The first two violations may result in criminal misdemeanor charges, while the third violation can result in a felony charge.
Non-violent categories consisted of non-violent felony, misdemeanour and simple larceny.
Together they contributed an additional dynamic to the newspaper's discourse, rendering violent felonies even more appalling in contrast.
The political elite then moved comparatively rapidly to general legislation that created riot as a felony.
It was disallowed because compensation was only allowable if a felony had occurred.
Simple felonies were generally punished by transportation of seven years or a short prison term.
Mainly this dealt with what they believed to be the excessive severity of parts of the bill, which created a whole host of new felonies.
Because the focus of this study was on violent offending, non-violent crimes have been classified under the broader categories of 'non-violent felony' and 'misdemeanour'.
Mistakenly convicting someone of a felony in those times extracted a very high price.
Consider, for example, the police practice of using deadly force against a suspect fleeing from the commission of a felony.
After a time, the police found out his disdainful plottings and felonies.
Some, such as incendiarism, were already felonies, whilst other offences were newly proscribed.
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