'Felonies' Are Less Serious Crimes That Are Punishable by Imprisonment

question 38

True/False

'Felonies' are less serious crimes that are punishable by imprisonment for one year or less.

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Definitions:

Addington v. Texas

A landmark legal case that set the standard for involuntary commitment for mental health treatment, requiring "clear and convincing" evidence for such action.

Level of Proof

The extent or strength of evidence required to prove a claim or hypothesis, often used in legal and scientific contexts.

Clear and Convincing

A standard of proof in legal matters that requires evidence to be highly and substantially more probable to be true than not.

Jackson v. Indiana

a landmark Supreme Court case ruling that a criminal defendant deemed incompetent to stand trial cannot be indefinitely committed to a state institution.