Word: misdemeanor
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...indicated the shape of the 1967-68 term. In one case, the court will consider whether the one-man, one-vote doctrine should be extended beyond the states to local governments. The nine Justices will also decide whether the Sixth Amendment guaranteeing a jury trial should include all state misdemeanor cases for the first time...
Misbranding Misdemeanor. The range of phony drugs is broad-tranquilizers, sedatives, hormones, heart stimulants, diuretics, antibiotics, drugs to lower blood pressure, asthma and arthritis remedies, injectable liquids such as Vitamin B12. Profits can be staggering: genuine crystalline B12, for example, costs $8,000 an ounce. The risks are relatively minor...
...move over to fake drugs from the numbers game, which had earned him many convictions: "There are no problems. It's not like junk [narcotics]. FDA has a helluva time making any kinda case. And when they get you-if they get you-it's only a misdemeanor for misbranding, or some such. So you hafta pay a couple hundred dollars' fine. You can make it back in a couple of hours...
Felony is a catchall word for crimes punishable by anything from more than one year's imprisonment in a penitentiary to death.* In some states, it includes everything from murder and rape to seduction under promise to marry, and even conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor. The trouble with this sweeping definition is that felons often suffer a further punishment-a loss of civil rights that is "often harsh out of all proportion to the crime committed...
...misdemeanor is usually punishable by a fine or less than a year's imprisonment in a city or county institution. But widely varying statutes blur distinctions: some misdemeanors carry longer sentences than some felonies-up to three years in Arkansas, for example. While $99 thefts are often misdemeanors, $100 thefts are felonies...