But she deliberately fails to address if he had any Class C Felonies, Class D Felonies, Class A, Class B or Class C Misdemeanors. Which under Missouri Criminal Laws are very significant crimes punishable by very significant sentences - as the below excerpted outline from missouri-criminal-defense.com makes quite clear: The maximum penalties for each offense are as follows: According to Missouri Criminal Laws (Section 557), Offenses are broken down and classified into the following categories, ranked from most serious to less serious:
Class
Penalties
Example Charges
Class A Felony
Maximum Penalty: Death, life imprisonment, imprisonment for 10-30 years.
Examples of Class A felonies include second degree murder, first degree robbery.
Class B Felony
Maximum Penalty: imprisonment for 5 to 15 years.
Examples of Class B felonies include voluntary manslaughter, 2nd degree robbery, 1st degree burglary.
Class C Felony
Maximum Penalty: imprisonment for up to 7 years, fines up to $5000.
Examples of Class C felonies include involuntary manslaughter, Stealing (valued $500-$25000) and second degree assault.
Class D Felony
Maximum Penalty: imprisonment for up to 4 years & Fine up to $5000, or twice the amount of the offender's gain, up to $20,000.
Examples of Class D felonies include passing a bad check / fraud, other forms of fraud.
Class A Misdemeanor
Maximum Penalty: up to 1 year in jail, and a fine of up to $1000.
Examples of class A misdemeanors include fraud / fraudulent use of a credit card / device, if the value is less that $150, passing bad checks under $500, and 3rd degree assault.
Class B Misdemeanor
Maximum Penalty: From 30 days up to six months in jail, and a fine of up to $500.
Examples of Class B misdemeanors include a First (1st) offense DWI, and first degree trespass.
Class C Misdemeanor
Maximum Penalty: up to 15 days in jail, and a fine of up to $300.
Examples are driving with excessive blood alcohol content, 1st offense.