Is a Felony a crime or a charge?

Very debatable question depending on how you use or say the question.
Felony,misdemeanor or infractions are categories of crimes
A charge.

Crime charged with Felony will be something like Murder.
Felony refers to the level of charge and its sentence. Most felony charges are associated with federal laws. You have local laws aka your city police then municipal laws, state laws and finally federal laws. however you maybe charged under state and federal laws depending on the felony committed.
The second answer is correct, FELONY, consider it to be an adjective, so it would precede felony charge, or felony crime. It applies to the TYPE of charge and crime.
A felony is a crime that is punishable by serving more than one year in prison.

A misdemeanor is a crime that is punishable by serving up to, but not more than, one year in prison.
It is not debatable at all. A felony is a charge not a crime. A crime is an act or a failure to act in a certain situation that subsequently violates a law. A charge is a classification of an act or failure to act in a certain situation that subsequently violates a law.

Example: Punching someone is a crime; battery is the charge. Punching someone with a baseball bat is a crime; aggravated battery is the charge. killing someone in a premeditated fashion is a crime; first degree murder is the charge.

The charge classifies what kind of crime it was; what degree of severity it was; and what type of punishment will be involved. In the pantheon of criminal activity misdemeanors are considered less serious crimes which are punishable by no more than 365 days in a county jail, whereas felonies are considered to be the more serious crimes, which usually involve substantially large amounts of illegal narcotics, or a crime that resulted in permanent bodily damage or death, and is punishable by no less than 366 days in a state or federal prison and no more than the death penalty.
It is a classification for offenses made against the people (ie) the laws that govern the people. It is a charge until the person is proven guilty. If convicted they have committed a crime which is punishable by fines, imprisonment or both mandated for the offense under the law.
A felony is a type of crime. For example, petty theft is a crime committed as a misdemeanor but if a weapon was used it becomes a felony.


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Neither. it is a classification, or description of both a crime and the severity of a charge, but there is no crime or charge known as a generic felony. Generally, a felony is defined as any crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment.
It is a classification.

For those found guilty of a Felony they cannot vote, run for office, get a professional license, and it is grounds for a divorce.

A Felony is usually considered the most serious and henious of crimes like kidnapping, rape, torture, bank robbery, armed robbery, child molestation, and first degree murder. Yet in New York City if you jump the turnstile it is considered a felony and if you do damage over $500.00 it is considered a felony.

So with the increase in numbers of wrongful convictions by our inept court system, there are a lot of innocent people out there marginalized in society for nothing.
A felony is a classification of a crime. There are felonies, misdemeanors and infractions. Might be different in other states but that is how it works in California. A felony is the class for most all of the serious crimes and infractions are traffic and stuff like that.Most of the time if you are convicted of a felony they will send you to prison, misdemeanors go to county jail and infractions are just fines most of the time.
a felony is neither it is the description of the classification of the severity of the crime class.
A crime, once been charged, can be classified as a felony. A charge can be classified as a 'felony charge'. Dudeman is right. A felony is any crime punishable by more than one year in jail.