CRIMINAL LAW/CONTRACT LAW

Criminal Law/Contract Law

Criminal Law/Contract Law

Misdemeanor and felony

Most of the states in US break their crimes into two major groups: felonies and misdemeanors. Whether crime falls into one category or the other it depends on potential punishment. If law provides for imprisonment for longer than a year, it is generally advised felony. If promise punishment is for a year or less, then crime is advised a misdemeanor (Hart, 1961).

In some states, certain misdeeds are recounted on the publications as "wobblers," which entails that the prosecutor may ascribe the crime as either a misdemeanor (carrying less than ...