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
• At the time of his arrest, both had felony arrest warrants.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• He was charged with negligent homicide, felony hit-and-run and reckless operation of a vehicle.
  — Raven Brunner, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
• Lacy was booked with negligent homicide, felony hit-and-run and reckless operation of a vehicle.
  — CBS News, 13 Apr. 2025