Classification of offenses
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 32 Cal. 4th 878 - People v. Laino (2004)
Most recently applied in 32 Cal. 4th 878 - People v. Laino (April 2004)
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
A. Felonies are classified, for the purpose of sentence, into the following six categories:
1. Class 1 felonies.
2. Class 2 felonies.
3. Class 3 felonies.
4. Class 4 felonies.
5. Class 5 felonies.
6. Class 6 felonies.
B. Misdemeanors are classified, for the purpose of sentence, into the following three categories:
1. Class 1 misdemeanors.
2. Class 2 misdemeanors.
3. Class 3 misdemeanors.
C. Petty offenses are not classified.
Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.