felony charge
Major crime allegation
A felony charge is a formal accusation of a serious crime—one punishable by more than a year in prison.
Felonies include murder, rape, robbery, and major drug offenses, as distinguished from misdemeanors.
She's facing felony charges for armed robbery.
Being charged doesn't mean convicted; the charge initiates prosecution.
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- criminal recordLog of past convictions
- defendantParty facing charges
grand jury indictment · prosecutor · courtroom · bail · bail hearing · flight risk · arrest · conviction · first offense · sentence · maximum sentence · prison · prison time · jail · plea · plea bargain · guilty · trial
- criminal trialarraignment, defense attorney, courtroom, criminal trial, prosecutor
- criminal chargesarson, burglary, homicide, kidnapping, robbery
- prosecutionprosecutor, district attorney, DA, prosecution, public prosecutors
- legal penaltiesarrest, jail, jail time, fine, prison
- sentencinglife sentence, life sentences, prison sentence, death row, consecutive sentences
- traffic penaltiesticket, speeding ticket, traffic fine, parking ticket, citations
felony chargemisdemeanor charge
Accusation of minor crime
petty offense · infraction · minor offense · violation · traffic ticket
felony chargeacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
exoneration · dismissal · charges dropped · case dismissed · not guilty verdict
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