30-1-7. Degrees of felonies.
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Felonies under the Criminal Code are classified as follows:
A. capital felonies;
B. first degree felonies;
C. second degree felonies;
D. third degree felonies; and
E. fourth degree felonies.
A felony is a capital, first, second, third or fourth degree felony when it is so designated under the Criminal Code. A crime declared to be a felony, without specification of degree, is a felony of the fourth degree.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-1-7, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 1-7.