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Sentences are typically determined by a judge, in a separate hearing, after the jury (or other finder of fact) has issued findings of fact and a guilty verdict. In some cases after the probation department has carried out a pre-sentence investigation.
Probation, the most frequently used criminal sanction, is a sentence that an offender serves in the community in lieu of incarceration.
Misdemeanor offenses are punishable by a jail sentence of 1 year or less. A fine is usually part of a misdemeanor sentence as well. An example of a misdemeanor crime in California is petty theft. Petty theft involves a theft valued at less than $400.
For a first-time offender (with no aggravating factors), the general sentencing range for a class 2 felony is 4 to 10 years. However, dangerous and repetitive offenders can receive sentences upwards of 21 or 35 years.
A Class A Felony (A-I and A-II) is usually the longest sentence, including life without parole, with the minimum amount of time to serve being between 15 and 40 years for Class A-I felony and minimally between 3 and 8 years for a Class A-II felony conviction. Most Class A felonies have indeterminate sentences.
Final answer: Felony crimes like armed robbery, ra_pe, and murder are likely to carry a prescribed jail sentence. Sentencing depends on various factors including the criminal record of the defendant and the severity of the crime.
A year in jail is twelve months. January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December.
Of all cases carrying a mandatory minimum penalty: 72.3% were drug trafficking; 6.1% were sexual abuse; 5.6% were child ography; 4.8% were firearms; 3.2% were fraud.
Because it is a short-term sentence (2 years or less) you are released after serving half the sentence.
In legal terms, a 'day' is usually interpreted to mean a calendar day, which naturally includes both the daytime and nighttime hours. For example, if an inmate is sentenced to '30 days' in prison, this would technically represent 30 full calendar days, not 30 separate counts of daytimes and nighttimes.