How to Use felony in a Sentence

felony

noun
  • 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 offense, as it is charged in Spears’ case, is a state jail felony.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2024
  • The top charge was felony murder, and the verdict was not guilty.
    CBS News, 15 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • The felony charges she’s been facing since March were tossed out last week.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2024
  • As the frontrunner faces his fourth round of felony charges in five months.
    ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • All of the charges are Level 6 felonies, Westfall said.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The 14-year-old suspect was charged with four counts of felony murder.
    Sara Powers, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Doty was found not guilty of three felony assault and battery charges.
    David Ovalle, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The crime, a felony, is punishable by up to four years served in a county jail.
    Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • All of the charges are felonies, according to the court documents.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2024
  • 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
  • Casey White is also charged with felony murder in Vicky White’s death.
    Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 11 Oct. 2022
  • He is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 17 Apr. 2024
  • In Virginia, the minimum age to charge someone with a felony is 14 years old.
    David Riedman, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The person or people involved in killing the birds could face third-degree felony charges.
    Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 27 Feb. 2025
  • He was convicted of felony forgery in 2003 in Butte County.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The man, 28, and woman, 25, were charged with felony theft due to there being credit cards inside the wallet.
    cleveland, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Doctors who violate any of these new rules could be charged with a felony.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 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
  • Those found with noncompliant firearms can face up to a Class 3 felony.
    Greg Bishop | The Center Square, Washington Examiner, 15 Apr. 2023
  • West now awaits a hearing for the dismissal of his felony conviction.
    oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
  • If the former police officer completes the terms of his plea deal, the felony charge against him will be dropped.
    Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024

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