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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-1-106: Felonies

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  2. Title 5
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(a) An offense is a felony if the offense is designated a felony by: (1) The Arkansas Criminal Code; or (2) A statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code. (b) A felony is classified as follows: (1) Class Y felony; (2) Class A felony; (3) Class B felony; (4) Class C felony; or (5) Class D felony. (c) (1) Any felony defined by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code that does not specify the class of the felony or prescribe a limitation on a sentence to imprisonment upon conviction of the felony is a Class D felony. (2) Any felony defined by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code that does prescribe a limitation on a sentence to imprisonment upon conviction of the felony is an unclassified felony. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 112; 1981, No. 620, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-112.

(a) An offense is a felony if the offense is designated a felony by: (1) The Arkansas Criminal Code; or (2) A statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code.

(1) The Arkansas Criminal Code; or

(2) A statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code.

(b) A felony is classified as follows: (1) Class Y felony; (2) Class A felony; (3) Class B felony; (4) Class C felony; or (5) Class D felony.

(1) Class Y felony;

(2) Class A felony;

(3) Class B felony;

(4) Class C felony; or

(5) Class D felony.

(c) (1) Any felony defined by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code that does not specify the class of the felony or prescribe a limitation on a sentence to imprisonment upon conviction of the felony is a Class D felony. (2) Any felony defined by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code that does prescribe a limitation on a sentence to imprisonment upon conviction of the felony is an unclassified felony.

(1) Any felony defined by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code that does not specify the class of the felony or prescribe a limitation on a sentence to imprisonment upon conviction of the felony is a Class D felony.

(2) Any felony defined by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code that does prescribe a limitation on a sentence to imprisonment upon conviction of the felony is an unclassified felony.

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