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The effect of these interpretations is to bar a retrial of Dove for any crime of greater gravity than the receipt of stolen goods. (casetext)

My brother Tulzapurkar has, in this Criminal Revision Application, referred to a Division Bench the question as to whether in a case falling under the provisions of Sections 236 and 237 of the Criminal Procedure Code, it is permissible for a criminal 'Court to alter the conviction from an offence which is of lesser gravity to an offence of greater gravity, as the question is one which is not directly covered by authority. (Bombay High Court, Chainsukhlal Punamchand Meher vs The State Of Maharashtra on 17 December, 1968)

A stay should have been ordered because the manslaughter allegation was based on substantially the same facts as the earlier summary prosecutions, and gave rise to a prosecution for an offence of greater gravity, no new facts having occurred, in breach of the Elrington principle. (Regina v Beedie: CACD 11 Mar 1997 - swarb.co.uk)

Burglary of a dwelling house may, for example, reasonably be treated as an offense of greater gravity than burglary of a store; and it is not unreasonable to require knowledge that the structure is a dwelling or at least recklessness that such may be the case. (Hawaii State Legislature)

Thus, it is apparent that appellant was subjected to a bigger fine in the circuit court not because the prosecutor proved an offense of greater gravity against him but solely because appellant exercised his statutory right to appeal. (casetext)

A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious. The term "felony" originated from English common law (from the French medieval word "félonie") to describe an offense that resulted in the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods, to which additional punishments including capital punishment could be added; other crimes were called misdemeanors. Following conviction of a felony in a court of law, a person may be described as a felon or a convicted felon. (Wikipedia)