How to Use felony in a Sentence

felony

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  • The crime is considered a felony under state law.
  • He was convicted of felony murder.
  • Each of the felonies can bring sentences of up to 20 years in prison.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The shooting alone, though, is a felony that could send you to prison for a year — prison, not jail.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Both men face a felony count of burglary, court records show.
    — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2023
  • As the frontrunner faces his fourth round of felony charges in five months.
    — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Doty was found not guilty of three felony assault and battery charges.
    — David Ovalle, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • To be a member of the State Guard, someone can’t have been convicted of a felony.
    — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • What’s the significance of the many felony counts facing Trump?
    — Gabriel J. Chin, Fortune, 10 June 2023
  • The 22-year-old son faces a felony robbery charge and a 42-year-old father faces three felony robbery charges.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Now in state prison, Cavalcante has been charged with a felony count of escape.
    — Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The man, 28, and woman, 25, were charged with felony theft due to there being credit cards inside the wallet.
    — cleveland, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Detectives filed a total of 27 felony charges against the eight suspects.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The gun charge — felony possession of a firearm by a drug user — can carry a penalty of 10 years in prison.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 24 June 2023
  • An Ohio woman who suffered a miscarriage at home has been charged with felony abuse of a corpse.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
  • With this new case, Easley has now racked up a felony police chase charge in each of the past three years, and all three cases remain pending.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Three caucus overseers face felony charges for their roles in trying to overturn the 2020 election.
    — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Taylor is facing charges on the state level of felony child neglect and reckless storage of a firearm.
    — Ben Finley, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2023
  • At the time of the accident, Banks was on probation for a 2017 conviction of a felony drug possession charge.
    — Serena Lin, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2023
  • Advertisement Bohm pleaded not guilty to the eight felony charges Wednesday in a Van Nuys courtroom.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The younger Biden was charged last week with three felony gun charges tied to owning a firearm while using or being addicted to narcotics.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Jail records show they were being held on an unspecified felony charge.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Members of a criminal street gang can be charged with a felony for participating in the gang.
    — The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Under current state law, the sale of an unfinished frame or receiver is a felony.
    — Maysoon Khan, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Those found to violate those orders could be charged with a second-degree felony.
    — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
    — Washington post Staff, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Afterward, he’d been sent to the Norwalk station lockup and booked for three felonies and a misdemeanor.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • She was charged with concealment of death and obstruction of justice, also a felony.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Court and police records would later reveal that at least seven of the parents had been convicted of felonies.
    — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 10 June 2023
  • Israel faces felony charges of assault in the second degree and harassment in the second degree.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024

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