• A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious. The term "felony" originated from...
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  • felony is a type of crime. Felony may also refer to: Felony (album), an album by Emmure Felony (band), an American band popular in the 1980s Felony (film)...
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  • systems. Misdemeanors are generally punished less severely than more serious felonies, but theoretically more so than administrative infractions (also known...
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  • individual during the commission of a predicate felony regardless of actual intent or premeditation, called felony murder. This offense is categorized as capital...
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    better known by his stage name Jayo Felony, is an American rapper from San Diego, California. In 1994, Jayo Felony signed to the label owned by Jam Master...
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    disenfranchisement vary between jurisdictions, but most commonly classed as felonies, or may be based on a certain period of incarceration or other penalty...
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  • A forcible felony, in the criminal law of various US states, is a felony that is subject to special penalties because it involves the use or threat of...
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  • The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder: when someone is killed (regardless of...
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  • commission of a felony under Colorado's felony murder rule. It is punishable by 16 to 48 years in prison. In Colorado, the common law felony murder rule has...
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  • Misprision of felony is a form of misprision, and an offence under the common law of England that is no longer active in many common law countries. Where...
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  • had a murder rate slightly above the median for the entire country. The felony murder rule in Texas, codified in Texas Penal Code § 19.02(b)(3), states...
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  • during the commission or attempted commission of one of the felonies under New York's felony murder laws. Murder committed for hire (with the charge applying...
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  • The term aggravated felony was used in the United States immigration law to refer to a broad category of criminal offenses that carry certain severe consequences...
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  • third-highest rate of homicides in the country. In Alabama, the common law felony murder rule has been codified in Alabama Code § 13A-6-2(a)(3). It provides...
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    Proposition 36, titled Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes, was an initiated California ballot proposition...
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  • dangerous felony. Inherently dangerous felonies are defined in K.S.A. 21-3436 and include armed robbery, arson, and aggravated burglary. A felony murder...
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  • median for the entire country. In the state of Virginia, the common law felony murder rule is codified at Code of Virginia §§ 18.2-32, 18.2-33. This rule...
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  • jurisdictions in the United States of America maintain the felony murder rule. In essence, the felony murder rule states that when an offender kills (regardless...
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  • median for the entire country. In the state of New Mexico, the common law felony murder rule is codified in N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-2-1(2). The rule was narrowed...
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  • of South Carolina, the common law felony murder rule is treated as an automatic aggravator for underlying felonies. It is codified in SC Code § 16-3-20...
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  • the felony murder rule is found in Wis. Stat. Sec. 940.03 and was last revised in 2005. Generally, the statute applies to dangerous felonies, felonies that...
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  • median for the entire country. In the state of West Virginia the common law felony murder rule is codified at W. Va. Code § 61-2-1 (1991). This statute provides...
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  • Washington, the common law felony murder rule is codified at Revised Code of Washington §§ 9A.32.030(c) and 9A.32.050(b). First degree felony murder is defined...
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  • another person's pregnancy. Ohio's felony murder rule constitutes when someone commits a first- or second-degree felony, besides voluntary or involuntary...
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  • A felony waiver is special permission granted to a United States military recruit with a felony on their criminal record. Some crimes that are considered...
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    Theft (redirect from Felony theft)
    A felony. In Massachusetts, theft may generally be charged as a felony if the value of stolen property is greater than $250. Stealing is a felony if...
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  • of the felony murder rule and the severe limitation of it in the Model Penal Code. The legislature determined that the commission of a felony should not...
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  • the median for the entire country. In the state of Oregon, the common law felony murder rule has been codified in Oregon Revised Statutes § 163.115. Under...
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  • country. For the felony murder rule in all U.S. jurisdictions, see felony murder rule. In the state of Wyoming the common law felony murder rule is codified...
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  • Felony is the third studio album by American metalcore group Emmure under the Victory Records label. It was released on August 18, 2009. The album debuted...
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