Sentences with phrase «felony if»

Driving while texting is a misdemeanor if no accident is caused, and a felony if you are involved in an accident and there is injury or death.

It is considered a misdemeanor, but can become a felony if someone is killed or injured, or if significant property damage occurs.

You will be convicted of a felony if you attempt to evade the police or are in a DUI - related accident where someone is injured or killed.

Some of these crimes are explicitly defined as a Class 2 Felony, while others can be charged as a Class 2 Felony if aggravating factors are present.

Solicitation is generally a Class A Misdemeanor, punishable by up to 1 year in jail, However, it may be charged as Class 4 Felony if the victim is under the age of 18 or disabled.

Specifics will vary based on jurisdiction, but in many states, theft is only a felony if the property is above a certain dollar amount.

A felony lawyer may be able to prevent you from being convicted of a felony if it is shown that the defendant lacked a «guilty mind» or did not commit a «guilty act».

You may be charged with a Class 4 Felony if you (1) have at least one prior conviction for domestic violence; (2) committed a battery with a firearm; (3) committed a battery against a child; or (4) committed a battery involving a sexual assault.

A person commits a class 6 felony if such person knowingly and unlawfully and without legal authority carries, brings, or has in such person's possession a deadly weapon as defined in section 18-1-901 (3)(e) in or on the real estate and all improvements erected thereon of any public or private elementary, middle, junior high, high, or vocational school or any public or private college, university, or seminary...

(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state jail felony if the actor has previously been convicted under this section.

Taking a photo without consent is a misdemeanor under the invasion of privacy law, but it becomes a felony if the photo is transmitted in a way that allows access to a computer, the Post-Dispatch explains.

A DUI will be a felony if:

The overall unfairness of segregating pets outside the human circle may deteriorate into gross insensitivity or even a felony if they are not brought indoors: (1) when they are sick or otherwise incapacitated as listed in Table 1; (2) in bad weather such as thunderstorms, ice storms, flooding, tornadoes and life - threatening temperatures; (3) when herbicides and other harmful chemicals are being used in the yard; (4) when construction, regular services and other activities may cause the dog to escape; (5) at night.

If you allow a dangerous dog to run loose and it harms a person, you could be found guilty of a misdemeanor, or a felony if a death results, and punishable by imprisonment and large fines.

«It's not a felony if you're doing it for the good guys,» blares the tagline on the poster for American Made, Tom Cruise's freewheeling new caper of a film about the life of Barry Seal.

He introduced a bill last month to strip pensions from state and local public officials convicted of a felony if the crime is a «breach of public trust.»

A DWI is charged as a felony if the driver has previous convictions, Howard said.

It's a more serious felony if the goal is to defraud government.

In a party line vote, the state Senate Codes Committee voted down the proposed Children's Weapon Accident Prevention Act, which would make it a felony if a gun owner fails to safely store a loaded weapon and the gun is used by a child under 18 to kill or injure a child.

Incidents would instead be classified as Class D felonies if another uninvolved party is injured, the bill said.

Not exact matches

«But if there was a situation in which employers decided to knowingly continue to hire someone illegally — for example, as an act of civil disobedience — then they could be prosecuted for a felony for harboring illegal workers.»

But under a compromise negotiated with Governor Jerry Brown, the bill allows local police to notify the federal government if they have arrested an undocumented immigrant with a felony record.

It will also direct them to steps they can take to reduce their criminal record under Proposition 47, a law that redefined certain crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and gives non-violent offenders an opportunity to reduce their conviction if they submit an application by Nov. 4, 2017.

We took a look at FINRA data to see if the dark pools of JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup were trading in their own stocks during the week in May when the U.S. Justice Department announced the banks were each admitting to a felony charge.

California passed a law last year that prohibited the use of confidentiality clauses in civil settlements if the «factual foundation» for the allegations involve acts that could be prosecuted as felony sexual offenses.

He presented a plan that would strengthen background check laws, requiring gun sellers to notify local law enforcement if somebody lies about their history and fails a background check to buy a gun — a felony under current law.

Make it a felony for any boss who fails to file a police report, if the boss learns of prima facia evidence of a child molestation crime being commited within his sphere of control.

Though if he's really being charged with a felony punishable with 10 years imprisonment I think it's safe to assume he'd be entitled to a jury.

I guess we'll know when the actual charges are revealed but if it ends up being something over the top like the felony gang assault charges made against Gracie it won't bode well at all for McGregor.

The reality is that if the Brooklyn District Attorney wanted to, it could have charged McGregor with three counts of second degree felony assault and it's somewhat odd that it didn't.

I spoke about this with a former Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney yesterday and after watching the videos he said it was odd that McGregor wasn't charged with felony assault counts because even if you don't actually want a felony conviction, you always charge high and plea down.

He's charged with felonies, and if he's not here to address them, he has NO RIGHT being in this country.

This story has been kind of a downer for fans of legal intrigue and jailhouse daring, but it would seem to fit the crime of selling stuff, even if felonies are involved.

Misbehavior Is Temporary... Punishment Is Forever In a sane and decent world, maltreatment of children would be prosecuted as a serious violation of law: a misdemeanor if not a felony.

In a sane and decent world, maltreatment of children would be prosecuted as a serious violation of law: a misdemeanor if not a felony.

If a fetal heartbeat is detected, the abortion would be illegal and a doctor performing one would be guilty of a felony.

Parenting time interference can result in civil contempt charges, if the parenting agreement is court - ordered, and can even result in felony charges.

If passed, the law would also implement safeguards for the child, surrogate, and intended parents, including a «character» provision prohibiting people with felonies and misdemeanors from pursuing such arrangements.

And, he reasoned, if there are four candidates on the ballot, then Espada has a very good chance of surviving (assuming he's not indicted and found guilty of a felony crime).

McGrath has announced his support for a bill that would strip elected officials of their pensions if convicted of a felony.

If you lie in order to get representatives» votes (which is obviously something of value), is that not fraud, and if it is, is it not possible for it to be a felonIf you lie in order to get representatives» votes (which is obviously something of value), is that not fraud, and if it is, is it not possible for it to be a felonif it is, is it not possible for it to be a felony?

If approved by voters this fall, any elected official convicted of a felony crime related to their office will be stripped of their state pension.

Parker would have faced a maximum of up to 7 years in prison if he had been convicted of the top charge: Assault in the 2nd degree, a Class D felony.

He's calling on his colleagues to pass a bill that would forfeit legislators state pensions if they're convicted of a felony.

According to here, if you want to become an election official, the conditions include that you must not have been convicted of a felony, so I think that means that these two individuals can no longer serve on an election board in Cuyahoga County.

Voters gave judges the authority in 2017 to strip government employees of their retirement checks if they're nailed on felonies.

Singas said if she chooses to bring criminal charges, she would be constrained by the state's statute of limitations: A year for a violation, two years for a misdemeanor and five years for a felony.

Under a newly passed ethics reform law — which Ambrosino, King Sweeney and Blakeman voted against — Ambrosino would be barred from working for the town or running for re-election if he is convicted of the felony charges.

The Rikers Island closure, which Lippman's panel recommended a year ago and de Blasio reversed course in agreeing to, could be hastened further if Albany enacts changes to the criminal court system, such as ending cash bail for misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, speeding the disclosure of trial evidence known as discovery, and reducing trial delays.

Question # 2, «Allowing the Complete or Partial Forfeiture of a Public Officer's Pension if He or She is Convicted of a Certain Type of Felony,» and question # 3 «Authorizing the Use of Forest Preserve Land for Specified Purposes» received unanimous approval at the October meeting.