Class C Felonies and what they mean?
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A class C or 3rd degree felony means they can recieve 2-10 years in prison. More likely though, especially if this is a first offense, they will get probation from 2-10 years.
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A felony, in many common law legal systems, is the term for a "very serious" crime, whereas misdemeanors are considered to be less serious offenses.\n\nCrimes which are commonly considered to be felonies include, but are not limited to: aggravated assault, arson, burglary, murder, and rape. Those who are convicted of a felony are known as felons. Originally, felonies were crimes for which the punishment was either death or forfeiture of property. Nowadays, felons can receive punishments which range in severity; from probation, to imprisonment, to execution. In the United States felons often receive additional punishments such as the loss of voting rights, exclusion from certain lines of work, prohibition from obtaining certain licenses, exclusion from purchase/possession of firearms or ammunition, and ineligibility to run for or be elected to public office. In addition, some states consider a felony conviction to be grounds for an uncontested divorce.\n\nThe distinction between a felony and misdemeanor has been abolished by some common law jurisdictions (e.g. Crimes Act 1958 (Vic., Australia) s. 332B(1), Crimes Act 1900 (NSW., Australia) s. 580E(1)); other jurisdictions maintain the distinction, notably those of the United States. Those jurisdictions which have abolished the distinction generally adopt some other classification, e.g. in Canada and New South Wales, Australia and the United kingdom the crimes are divided into summary offences and indictable offences
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As far as I know, there is no CLASS 5 FELONY.\n\nAfter Class 4, they become HIGH MISDEMEANORS.
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Charges vary by state. In Texas the charge is called "Failure to Identify  " and I believe it is a class b misd.\nThat means County Court and probation.
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Each felony has it's own guidelines for recommended or mandatory punishments.  The classes of a felony serve only to group them based on the severity of the crime and doesn't provide any real guideline for sentencing.
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if I'm not mistaken, petty theft/misdemeanor retail theft (a.k.a. shoplifting) is a class "C" misdemeanor, in which case the "suspect" be fined as much as $1500; in this case it would provably be less than that because of the low value of the item. In more serious offences a 30 day jail sentence may also be given in addition to the fine. How tough the sentence is rests largely on how favorable the judge that tries the case is. If it's their first offence, the judge is most likely to grant probation.
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The designation of crimes as Class A or B misdemeanors is pretty arbitrary, the main difference is in punishment:\nClass A is punished more then Class B\nExamples Of Class A include:  Dog Fighting, False Alarm or Report, Abuse of Corpse etc etc\nExamples Of Class B include: Failure to Identify, False Statement to Obtain Property or Credit, Issuance of Bad Check etc etc \nThere are also Class C Misdemeanors for really minor offenses like: Illegal Recruitment of an Athlete, Assault in a fight by mutual agreement, etc etc.\nJust look it up in the Penal Code if you want to know what crime is which class(link in the source area)\n\nTex. Penal Code § 12.21  (2005):\n  An individual adjudged guilty of a Class A misdemeanor shall be punished by: \n   (1) a fine not to exceed $ 4,000; \n   (2) confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year; or \n   (3) both such fine and confinement.\nWhile, Tex. Penal Code § 12.22  (2005) says:\n§ 12.22.  Class B Misdemeanor\n\n\n   An individual adjudged guilty of a Class B misdemeanor shall be punished by: \n   (1) a fine not to exceed $ 2,000; \n   (2) confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days; or \n   (3) both such fine and confinement.
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I am in law enforcement in Maine. The punishment depends on a number of things, including the discretion of the court, your criminal history and the nature of the crime. I encourage you to call the (non-emergency line of) your local police department and you can ask anonymously what sentence that statute holds. I will tell you that officers HATE to take these calls, because there is such a variance from crime to crime and person to person, so you won't get a specific answer, only a possibility.
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Depends on the state that your in, although most states that I'm aware of use a letter designation for felony charges: class A, class B, class C, etc...
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Its a Felony... Some states vary
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depends on the court order accompanying the felony conviction.  Some felons can hold fiduciary jobs during the time of their probation, etc. Everyone's different.
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Hard to say without knowing what context you've heard/seen it in.\n\nIn California, defendants who are charged with felonies are given a preliminary hearing before a judge to determine if there's sufficient information to indicate the defendant did what the government is alleging.  If there is, the defendant is "bound over" for trial in superior court.  Maybe this is a similar thing, but you really need to provide some additional details to get a solid answer.
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I can think of three major categories, depending on the severity of the crime.\n\nCivil infraction - speeding ticket, etc.  Not really a crime.\n\nMisdemeanor - crime punishable by less than a year in jail.  Some states have 'high misdemeanors' that are punishable by less than 2 years in jail.\n\nFelony - crime punishable by more than a year in prison.  Capital crimes are those felonies that are punishable by death (or life in prison).  Murder is the big one here.\n\nI guess you could also categorize crimes by victims/results splitting them up into property crimes, white collar crimes, violent crimes, vice (so called victimless crimes), etc..\n\nNot all criminals are created equal.
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Yes, Pancha. Felonies are serious crimes. A federal offense (ie; illegal border crossing) is considered a felony.
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What book are you referring to?  Have you heard of California's "3-strikes" law? It's when a felon who's been convicted of 2 felonies is arrested and convicted for a 3rd felony. That felon is then sentenced to life in prison for being a repeat felony offender. Sound harsh? Read up on it more in your search engine, under "3-strikes law". \nPretty intersting stuff, and there's discussions on both sides of the topic.
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Grand larceny has four different degrees, each of them with different sentences. Grand larceny in the first degree, involving the theft of $1 million or more, is a Class B felony, and the maximum sentence is 25 years, the minimum not less than one year nor more than one-third of the maximum term imposed. Each lesser charge of grand larceny has a lower maximum. To see it all, go to the link below, and then find PEN (Penal) Title J, Article 155 for the definitions of Grand larceny and Title E, Article 70 for the sentences.
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OK….let’s get to the guts of this issue.\n\nFirst of all, I AM a convicted felon.  I was convicted of a theft after a 4 day trial in 1992.  My conviction – a felony conviction with 8 years probation and 30 days in a “half-way” house.\n\nRegardless of my conviction, everyone….EVERYONE….. has committed a felony.  The real issue is – have you been caught or not?  My mother used to cheat on her taxes in her early 20s.  My father used to drive home from the saloons/bars after work.  My brother, in high school, used to sell small amounts of drugs to the jocks. Today, he is a lawyer.   My college professor admitted to stealing cars as a young punk in the 60s.  EVERYONE, one way or another, has committed one or more felonies.  EVERYONE.  The question is….has everyone been caught?  No.  Of course not.  So some people have the stigma of being “convicted felons” and others, in my opinion, are lucky and get to point the finger as the “felons.”\n\nBut whatever….who really cares.\n\nBut when it comes to getting a job……don’t play the victim.  As a felon, you made someone or something else the victim.  Now that your time in jail or probation has passed you by, don’t even think about complaining.  You are in this mess due to YOUR actions, like it or not.\n\nFelons get jobs all the freaking time.  For a while, after my conviction, I had a slew of jobs – \n\na.Delivering newspapers from 2:30 am to 5:30 am.  ($200 a week)\nb.Washed dishes for $7.00/hour every mid-day.  ($150 a week)\nc.Waited tables as a waiter every evening. ($150.00 a week)\n\nI didn’t sleep much, but three part time jobs paid me $25,000 a year.  I didn’t see my wife much, except on the weekends.  But I made an ‘acceptable’ living and paid my bills.\n\nAfter a while, my paper delivery job collided with my dish washing job, so I got a different job during the day – working as a general laborer for Labor Ready ($30 a day).\n\nWhile working the three jobs, I also applied to numerous job applications in the Sunday paper, on Monster.com and on career builders.com.  Every week or so, I would get a “bite.”  Someone would call or email with interest in hiring me.  I would ask – “What are the requirements?  Drug test?  Background check?  Credit Check?”   Most people would say – “Yes, a background check and drug test.”\n\nBut, you know what?  Sometimes….every now and then, someone would say – \n\n“No….no background check, but we do test all applicants for drugs.”   Once I heard that, I would work very, very, very hard to get that job.\n\nAfter a year of working three jobs and sending resumes, I was hired.  My salary - $32,000.  I said ‘goodbye’ to Labor ready, delivering newspapers….but still waited tables (part time) on weekend evenings.  That gave me another $50.00 a week.  The extra $200.00 a month is great way to pay for pizzas, sushi, renting videos, buying subway sandwiches, postage stamps, etc.\n\nSee?  It can be done.  It merely takes the continuous effort.\n\nStop playing a victim.  You CAN do it.  Never complain or condemn.  Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get to work.\n\nThere are lots of Felons (ex-cons) out there who work every single day.  According to the government, there are 15 million of us.  Being one of the ‘working folks’is EASY.\n\nGet to work!  \n\nDavid\n\nP.S. – I’m not going to say “Good luck” because I believe that you MAKE your own luck.  Don’t ‘have a great day’.  MAKE IT a great day.  And by the way, if your probation and parole are also completed, you can even VOTE in Texas again.