If I Am Convicted, How Does the Court Decide What My Sentence Is?
If you're convicted, how does the court decide what your sentence is? There are a lot of factors that come into play, but basically, felonies are graded on a letter system: A being the most serious, E being the least serious. Misdemeanors, likewise, from A being the most serious, to C being the least serious. The court will normally request a pre-sentence report – that is unless the charge requires a mandatory prison term, or [...]