The Colorado Criminal Code houses specific guidelines to sentencing convicted criminals. The intention behind this is to make sure the punishment given by a judge is fair to the crime, but still has room to move to fit the specific circumstances. Felonies are crimes which are typically punishable by at least a year in state prison; misdemeanors are lesser crimes which carry a fine or less than a year in local jail. Most crimes fall under just one of these categories as per the criminal code, but there is an exception: the wobbler. Wobbler crimes can be either.