All 4 Uses
misdemeanor
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An Innocent Client
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- He'd talked the prosecutor into reducing the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor, but because of the woman's long history of problems with the law, in exchange for the reduction the prosecutor had insisted that she forego probation and agree to serve her sentence in the county jail.†
p. 26.1
- Three drug possessions, two misdemeanor thefts, three prostitution convictions.†
p. 194.3 *
- She's been charged with felonies three times in the past, but they've all been reduced to misdemeanors.†
p. 217.1
- He was about to address a jury in a murder case for the first time in his life, having spent the past four years handling misdemeanor cases in general sessions court.†
p. 283.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(misdemeanor) a crime less serious than a felony
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)