A felony is more serious than a misdemeanor.

A felony is a class of crime that may be punishable by a sentence of more than one year in state prison. The sentence for a felony varies greatly depending on the severity of the crime.

Examples of a felony are rape, robbery, most sex crimes and murder.

Have you been charged with a felony in Maryland, Massachusetts or Virginia?

Are you facing a felony charge in Maryland, Massachusetts or Virginia?

If you need help to defend yourself against a felony charge in Maryland, Massachusetts or Virginia, then contact the SRIS Law Group Maryland, Massachusetts or Virginia felony criminal defense lawyers for help.

Our Maryland, Massachusetts & Virginia felony criminal defense attorneys will do their best to help you.

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Our attorneys assist clients throughout the following states, including but not limited to: Maryland: Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel, Howard, Harford, Frederick, Carroll, Baltimore Federal Court & Greenbelt Federal Court Massachusetts: Middlesex, Worcester, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Hampden, Barnstable, Hampshire, Berkshire, Franklin Virginia: Fairfax County, Fairfax City, Chantilly, Virginia Beach, Prince William, Woodbridge, Manassas, Chesterfield, Henrico, Loudoun, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Arlington, Richmond, Newport News, Hampton, Alexandria, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Portsmouth, Hanover, Albemarle, Roanoke, Montgomery, Suffolk, Rockingham, Frederick, Augusta, Lynchburg, Bedford, Fauquier, York, Pittsylvania, James City, Henry, Campbell, Washington, Franklin

THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE LAWS IN VA, MD & MA:

• § 18.2-408. Conspiracy; incitement, etc., to riot.

Any person who conspires with others to cause or produce a riot, or directs, incites, or solicits other persons who participate in a riot to acts of force or violence, shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony.

• § 3-210. Assault by inmate – Sentencing.

(a)  In general.- An inmate convicted of assault under this subtitle on another inmate or on an employee of a State correctional facility, a local correctional facility, or a sheriff’s office, regardless of employment capacity, shall be sentenced under this section.

(b)  Consecutive sentence.- A sentence imposed under this section shall be consecutive to any sentence that the inmate was serving at the time of the crime or that had been imposed but was not yet being served at the time of sentencing.

(c)  Suspension of sentence prohibited.- A sentence imposed under this section may not be suspended.

• ALM GL ch. 278, § 8A.  Killing or Injuring of Person Unlawfully in a Dwelling; Defense.

In the prosecution of a person who is an occupant of a dwelling charged with killing or injuring one who was unlawfully in said dwelling, it shall be a defense that the occupant was in his dwelling at the time of the offense and that he acted in the reasonable belief that the person unlawfully in said dwelling was about to inflict great bodily injury or death upon said occupant or upon another person lawfully in said dwelling, and that said occupant used reasonable means to defend himself or such other person lawfully in said dwelling. There shall be no duty on said occupant to retreat from such person unlawfully in said dwelling.