Felonies

Felony charges are the most serious of criminal charges. Types of felonies can include:

* Assault and Infliction of Serious Injury
* Felonious Assault
* Assault with Intent To Murder
* Assault with Intent To Commit Felony
* Murder
* Kidnapping
* Robbery
* Arson
* Drug Trafficking
* Gun Offenses
* Sex Crimes
* Crimes Against Children

But felonies can also include many other types of serious crimes, even if they are not committed through an act of violence. Other types of felonies may include:

* Drug Possession
* Theft
* Burglary
* Domestic Abuse
* Fraud
* White Collar Offenses
* Aggravated Driving Offenses

When you are charged with a felony, you may be facing a significant jail or prison sentence. A felony conviction is a major life event, and it could cost you years of your freedom. This is especially true if you are facing an aggravated felony charge. If you have been convicted of previous crimes, you could be facing life in prison. You cannot afford to waste a moment in obtaining a fierce and tenacious criminal defense lawyer.

At Johnson Law Group, we will immediately put our team to work to defeat the felony charges. Our attorneys will analyze your case and determine the best legal strategy. Our team members have been certified in many areas of criminal justice, and we will put these certifications to work for you. If there were improper undercover methods used to entrap you, we will readily determine this. If you were interrogated, we understand the tactics the police use to obtain coerced or misinterpreted confessions. We will know whether or not to use a polygraph (lie detector) in your defense. We can hire the best investigators to explore the details of the prosecution's case. We can hire forensic experts to examine the evidence against you, and the evidence favorable to your case. We will leave no stone unturned to help you avoid jail. If a plea bargain is the best option available, we can work effectively to obtain the best deal from the prosecutor for your situation.

A felony charge and felony record may be the most significant event in your life. Do not trust such a major event to just any lawyer. We at Johnson Law Group will put its aggressive and experienced criminal defense team to work for you. Contact us to discuss your felony charge.

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Assault and Infliction of Serious Injury

M.C.L.A. 750.81a

(3) An individual who commits an assault and battery in violation of subsection (2), and who has 1 or more previous convictions for assaulting or assaulting and battering his or her spouse or former spouse, an individual with whom he or she has or has had a dating relationship, an individual with whom he or she has had a child in common, or a resident or former resident of the same household, in violation of any of the following, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both:

(a) This section or an ordinance of a political subdivision of this state substantially corresponding to this section.

(b) Section 81, 82, 83, 84, or 86. [FN1]

(c) A law of another state or an ordinance of a political subdivision of another state substantially corresponding to this section or section 81, 82, 83, 84, or 86.

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Felonious Assault

M.C.L.A. 750.82

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person who assaults another person with a gun, revolver, pistol, knife, iron bar, club, brass knuckles, or other dangerous weapon without intending to commit murder or to inflict great bodily harm less than murder is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.

(2) A person who violates subsection (1) in a weapon free school zone is guilty of a felony punishable by 1 or more of the following:

(a) Imprisonment for not more than 4 years.

(b) Community service for not more than 150 hours.

(c) A fine of not more than $6,000.00.

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Assault with Intent to Murder

M.C.L.A. 750.83

Any person who shall assault another with intent to commit the crime of murder, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life or any number of years.

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Assault with Intent To Commit Felony

M.C.L.A. 750.87

Any person who shall assault another, with intent to commit any burglary, or any other felony, the punishment of which assault is not otherwise in this act prescribed, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 10 years, or by fine of not more than 5,000 dollars.

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Kidnapping

M.C.L.A. 750.349

(1) A person commits the crime of kidnapping if he or she knowingly restrains another person with the intent to do 1 or more of the following:

(a) Hold that person for ransom or reward.

(b) Use that person as a shield or hostage.

(c) Engage in criminal sexual penetration or criminal sexual contact with that person.

(d) Take that person outside of this state.

(e) Hold that person in involuntary servitude.

(2) As used in this section, "restrain" means to restrict a person's movements or to confine the person so as to interfere with that person's liberty without that person's consent or without legal authority. The restraint does not have to exist for any particular length of time and may be related or incidental to the commission of other criminal acts.

(3) A person who commits the crime of kidnapping is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life or any term of years or a fine of not more than $50,000.00, or both.

(4) This section does not prohibit the person from being charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for any other violation of law arising from the same transaction as the violation of this section.

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Burning of a dwelling house

M.C.L.A. 750.72

Any person who wilfully or maliciously burns any dwelling house, either occupied or unoccupied, or the contents thereof, whether owned by himself or another, or any building within the curtilage of such dwelling house, or the contents thereof, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 20 years.

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Burning of insured property

M.C.L.A. 750.75

Any person who shall wilfully burn any building or personal property which shall be at the time insured against loss or damage by fire with intent to injure and defraud the insurer, whether such person be the owner of the property or not, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 10 years.

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