{"data":{"id":"us-gu/9-gca-1.19","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"9 GCA § 1.19","heading":"Felonies Defined and Classified.","body":"(a) Felonies defined by this Code are classified, for the purpose of sentence, into three degrees, as follows:\n(1) felonies of the first degree;\n(2) felonies of the second degree;\n(3) felonies of the third degree.\nAny crime declared to be a felony, without specification of degree, is of the third degree.\n(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a felony defined by any statute of Guam other than this Code shall constitute for the purpose of sentence a felony of the third degree.","path":["Title 9: Crimes and Corrections","Chapter 1: Preliminary Provisions; Definitions","ARTICLE 1: PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS; CONSTRUCTION"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/9gc001.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T02:44:48Z","sha256":"68b3bebd17fb7c9e2dc6330b5c5fc7763b3fc356ff715c91fe87025e3a745401","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/9-gca-1.18","next":"us-gu/9-gca-1.20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}