how many levels of felony are there? this was a discussion at work the other day.?

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something was on the news at break and a co worker stated that all felonies are the same and they stay on your record for life, some of the other workers and i disagree withthe level thing . surely someone who commits murder is not charged with the same class felony as someone who commits some lesser felony such as a financial crime felony. and what about the record for life thing? are there levels (classes?) thanx for any input.

Answer 1

In the United States, a felony is intended to be the higher category of criminal offenses, as distinct from a misdemeanor, which is intended to be the less serious category of offenses (although some states have done away with the felony/misdemeanor classification; for example, New Jersey designates offenses as first degree through fourth degree. A third degree offense is punishable by six months to eighteen months in jail. Some states also subdivide felonies into "classes", such as Class A through Class J or Class 1 through Class 7 felonies)
Crimes commonly considered to be felonies include, but are not limited to: aggravated assault and/or battery, arson, burglary, embezzlement, grand theft, treason, espionage, racketeering, robbery, murder, rape, kidnapping and fraud.
Theoretically, federal law allows persons convicted of felonies in a federal United States district court to apply to have their record expunged after a certain period of time with a clean record. However, the U.S. Congress has refused to fund the federal agency mandated with handling the applications of convicted felons to have their record expunged. This means that, in practice, federal felons cannot have their records expunged.
For state law convictions, expunction is determined by the law of the state. Some states do not allow this, regardless of the offense.

Answer 2

Levels Of Felonies

Answer 3

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how many levels of felony are there? this was a discussion at work the other day.?
something was on the news at break and a co worker stated that all felonies are the same and they stay on your record for life, some of the other workers and i disagree withthe level thing . surely someone who commits murder is not charged with the same class felony as someone who commits some...

Answer 4

class 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6! 1 being murder and 6 being the least important. a class 6 felony can be dropped 2 a misdemeanor in some cases after completing a diversion program! they're NOT all the same!

Answer 5

In Texas there are three degrees of felonies, first (like capital murder), second (Manslaughter, Aggravated Assault) and third degree (Dealdy Conduct) and then there is a fourth class (Burglary, Forgery), State Jail Felonies. If you plead guilty to a felony it stays on your record forever unless it's turned over on appeal....

Answer 6

In Texas:

Capital offense - Life in prison or death
1st degree felony - 5 to 99 years in prison or life/$10,000 fine
2nd degree felony - 10 to 20 years in prison/$10,000 fine
3rd degree felony - 2 to 10 years in prison/$10,000 fine
State jail felony - 180 days to 2 years/$10,000 fine

Different levels of felony offenses based on severity. Also, Texas allows certain punishments to be "enhanced" based on previous criminal convictions. For example, if a person commits a 3rd degree felony, they can receive the more severe punishment for a 2nd degree felony if it is found they were previously convicted of a felony offense.

Your felony record stays with you for life in Texas.

Answer 7

That will vary signficantly by state. In my state, felonies range from level A (capital) through I with two levels of B. Each has different penalties applied. For sentencing, you begin with the class of felony, then add or subtract classes of aggravating and mitigating circumstances. As example, see my state's punishment grid.

http://www.nccourts.org/Courts/CRS/Councils/spac/Documents/felonypunishmentchart.pdf

Answer 8

In the state of Washington there are three classes of felonies. I have heard of some states that have 4.

(1) Classified Felonies. (a) The particular classification of each felony defined in Title 9A RCW is expressly designated in the section defining it.

(b) For purposes of sentencing, classified felonies are designated as one of three classes, as follows:

(i) Class A felony; or

(ii) Class B felony; or

(iii) Class C felony.

Answer 9

A felony is something that will land you in long-term prison.

A misdemeanor is jail, like just one night or 90 days.

Answer 10

not if u want a good job or u make as mush money that u can get and that u can spaned it on the things that u want