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What determines whether an offense is a felony or misdeameanors?
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∙ 15y ago
The degree of felony (or misdemeanor) is written into the statute by your state's legislators when they wrote the law. It usually (but not always) has to do with the degree of serioussness of the offense.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe legislature will assign a class of crime when the law is written.
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