Not sure if your assault charge is a misdemeanor or felony? This Super Lawyers criminal defense resource helps you understand the difference.
Depending on the state, having a child passenger could make drunk driving a felony or at least increase the misdemeanor penalties. Felony penalties typically carry at least a year in prison, thousands of fines, and a long license suspension. Though some states have programs where you can do re...
TheIdentity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Actprohibits "knowingly transferring or using a means of identification with the intent to commit, aid or abet any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of federal law or that constitutes a felony under any applicable state or local law." The Act...
Woman who took son to China is acquitted of felony, convicted of misdemeanor
Criminaltrespassingis when a person, or group of people, goes onto, or into, someone else’s property without having permission from the current owner. There are various stages of this crime, as well as numerous defenses that can be used to fight against charges. Trespassing of this nature ...
The bare-bones crime of falsifying business records is a misdemeanor in New York. But it becomes a felony if the defendant falsified the records to further a second crime. Prosecutors have charged Trump with 34 felony counts. They say he falsified his business records to further separate campai...
Harris, who was driving a PETA van, and co-worker Carrie Beth Edwards were accused of stealing the dog and charged with felony theft. The charge against Edwards was later dropped, and the charge against Harris was reduced to misdemeanor petty larceny, for the alleged theft of the collar. Sh...
"He ruined my life," says Poggioli, who wound up pleading to a misdemeanor. "But he ruined so many lives. I feel lucky to have gotten out when I did. I feel lucky compared to the others." It was not a violent crime. But it w...
Turner’s brother, Chandlor Saber Matney, 24, of Lawrence, was also charged with one misdemeanor count of assault and one misdemeanor count of domestic battery in connection with the incident after he allegedly put his stepfather i...
I committed no crime, felony or misdemeanor. I committed no dishonest act. I had a clean disciplinary history as a lawyer from 1999 (myfirst bar exam passage in Virginia) to 2017, when this fakereciprocal suspension was imposed to get revenge and ruin myreputation. Not one of my 10+ miti...