Pennsylvania Criminal Penalties and Categories
What is the difference between a felony and a misdemeanor in Pennsylvania? What is a summary offense? What are the maximum penalties for each of these classes of criminal charges?
Under Pennsylvania Criminal Laws, all criminal offenses fall into the following classifications. There are 3 classes of Felonies (Felony 1, Felony 2, Felony 3), for which the maximum penalties are:
- Felony 1: Up to 20 years in prison
- Felony 2: Up to 10 years in prison
- Felony 3: Up to 7 years in prison.
Similarly, there are 3 classes of Misdemeanors (Misdemeanor 1, Misdemeanor 2, Misdemeanor 3), for which the maximum penalties under Pennsylvania law if found guilty, are:
- Misdemeanor 1: Up to 5 years in prison
- Misdemeanor 2: Up to 3 years in prison
- Misdemeanor 3: Up to 1 year in prison
There is also a lesser category of what is known as a summary offense. If you are found guilty of a summary offense, maryjaneauryn you face up to 90 days in jail as a maximum penalty.
Pennsylvania Criminal Charges
Some of the charges we defend, and have successfully defending include:
- drug possession / possession of drugs
- possession with intent to distribute
- assault
- simple assault
- aggravated assault
- domestic violence
- extortion
- fraud
- Tax crimes (tax evasion, filing a false return, failure to file a return)
- theft / retail theft
- theft by unlawful taking or disposition
- theft by deception
- shoplifting
- receiving stolen property
- unlawful lotteries
- gambling
- disorderly conduct
- criminal mischief
- harassment
- terroristic threats
- indecent exposure
- prostitution and related offenses (patronizing, soliciting)
- Public Indecency / open lewdness
- Corruption of minors
- Hacking and related computer crimes (unlawful duplication, computer trespass, distribution of computer virus
- reckless driving / careless driving
- driving on suspended license
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