Talk:Felony

message: a FELONY IS WHEN SOMEONE BULL OR HAVE SEX FOR FREE....{{style="font-style:italic">(Talk | email)</span></sup> 11:23, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Third degree" 

message: Eight years ago my wife got a federal felony charge for meth.. She has served 18 months and we have turned our lives around since.  We have two boys 15,13 that are going elk hunting this year with me so I purchased a rifle.  The only problem is that I have to keep it at my fathers house 40 miles away.  Can anyone point me in the right direction for the correct interpretation for what being in possession is.  It seems to me that the boys and I should be to keep our guns here at the house so long as my wife doesn't leave here with them.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.82.9.79 (talk) 03:04, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Only your attorney can answer this question competently. I strongly suggest that you disregard any other advice you read here. Simishag 06:16, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Simishag is absolutely correct. Consult an attorney. DO NOT listen to or take advice of anyone on sites like this, as nothing about this particular area of the law is "common knowledge" even though people tend to hypothesize about it. I will say that you are addressing an oft-encountered gray area of the law that is wide-open "test case territory" in many states. If you're willing to be "the tested" or not will depend on how you should proceed. Beware. --LoverOfArt (talk) 01:58, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Or just look it up yourself. Go to a federal law library (available to the public at most major law schools), grab the U.S. Code Service book for  and start reading the case law. Tisane talk/stalk  22:09, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frustrated Father 

message: The article makes mention about a 'theoretical' federal felony expungement procedure that is unavailable due to a lack of funding. I am unaware of any such procedure. Even a Presidential Pardon does not afford expungement. I do know that there was a similar procedure for relief from Federal firearms disabilities that was defunded in 1992 (and as such, effectively disallowing the process, thus, persons convicted of Federal felonies cannot ever obtain firearms disability relief short of a pardon) but I am unaware of any such procedures for federal felony record expungement in general. Can anyone elaborate on this? If not, I think it warrants deletion as inaccurate information. --LoverOfArt (talk) 02:09, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expungement 

message: This article's leads appears to contradict itself when it defined a felony as a feature of Common Law legal systems, but then goes on to point out that most except the United States has abolished the felony-misdemeanour distinction. Other than the United States, does anyone know of a country which still applies the distinction? Blue-Haired Lawyer 21:12, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Tinkered with the opening line of the lead paragraph to indicate that felonies only exist in some common law countries.  Would be interested to know if any common law countries other than the US still use the term? Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 05:29, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  International perspective 

message: a FELONY IS WHEN SOMEONE DID SOMETHING VERY WRONG THEY COMIT MURDER OR DID SOMETHING serious.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.211.248.204 (talk) 18:47, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  a FELONY 

message: Does anyone know the sentencing guidelines facing the 3rd D felony? Burglary  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.121.67.167 (talk) 19:47, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  sentencing for 3 d felonies 

message: The statement "The status and designation as a "convicted felon" is considered permanent, and is not extinguished upon sentence completion even if parole, probation or early release was given." is partially incorrect. In California, upon successful completion of probation, a person no longer has to answer in the affirmative when asked if they have committed a felony other than when they apply for a license or run for political office. The ban on owning firearms remains. Does this bear inclusion in the article? 68.20.37.135 (talk) 12:19, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  United States 

message: Are there any convicted felons who have since become successful politicians, Fortune 500 CEOs, or other prominent figures? Thanks, Tisane talk/stalk  22:05, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Convicted felons who have gone on to become pillars of society? 

message: I'm still trying to find an attorney to help me expunge or seal 
my federal record for a non violent felony offense?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.142.214.138 (talk) 09:05, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is not the place to look, sorry. Try Google. Richard75 (talk) 00:45, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  EXPUNGEMENT 

message: This needs a citation. Common law does not address intellectual property issues. 75.101.52.14 (talk) 21:36, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The distinction between felony and misdemeanour originated at common law, but copyright law is stautory, and the article does not actually say otherwise. Richard75 (talk) 00:47, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright is a felony under common law? 

message: Since this article is about a common law concept, why is there a section on German law?  Germany isn't a common law country.  Shouldn't the reference to Germany simply be to include it with the other civil law countries briefly mention in the last line of the lead paragraph? Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 13:55, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: You have some point, the section lists a lot of unconnected factoids that are mostly true (if somewhat not the full picture) and also irrelevant. I may add that the concept of convicted felon has no real equivalent in Germany. Someone may be called a Verbrecher but colloquially it means "scoundrel", literally it means"criminal", and the technical meaning (someone who commits/-ted a felony) seems to be almost never used (maybe due to history and Berufsverbrecher) --88.74.165.208 (talk) 13:43, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is there a section on German law? 

message: Do we really need to include "various forms of fraud" "cheque fraud" and "mail fraud" as separate line items in the list of felonies? Seems redundant… 5.67.171.247 (talk) 09:28, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  List Redundancy 

message: Rape is a felony is every jurisdiction in the US.68.206.141.15 (talk) 01:12, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Rape

message: I've added this image from Commons to this article. 
Feel free to use it how you like.
I hope it's a helpful source of information. 
Thank you,
— Cirt (talk) 19:40, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added a file from Commons 

message: It is unclear if this article should use American (e.g. "offense") or British (e.g., "offence") spelling. It is currently using a mixture of both, which violates the the manual of style's requirement for consistency. The original version of the article, from 2001, also used a mixture of both, so MOS:RETAIN doesn't seem to help. --RockstoneSend me a message! 05:51, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  (Closed) RfC: Should the felony article use American or British spelling? 

message: # I'm of the mindset that we should use the American style as MOS:RETAIN doesn't seem to apply as it was never clear which version dominated the article, and the distinction between felonies and misdemeanors only exits in the US; other common-law countries have abolished it, meaning that there is a stronger national tie to the US for this article. -- RockstoneSend me a message! 05:55, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  '''Use American Style:'''