Kentucky Felonies In the state of Kentucky felonies are defined as offenses that
are punishable by death or confinement in prison. A fine may also be
included in the conviction. Felonies are classified into different
categories that have different criminal charges. Capital Offense
Felonies are punishable by life in prison or by death. This class of
offenses includes fetal homicide in the first degree, murder, and
kidnapping of different degrees. When a victim is not released alive or
dies afterward as a result of either serious physical injury obtain
during the kidnapping, not having been released in a safe environment,
or being released under any circumstances that could result in the
victim's purposely, the kidnapping is marked as a Capital Offense.
Class A Felonies includes kidnapping, drug, crimes, robbery, and
burglary. Punishment of Class A Felonies include as few as twenty years
in prison or as much as fifty years in prison. Class B Felonies are
punishable by up to twenty years in a prison or as few as ten years in
prison. The criminal charges that constitute Class B Felonies include
sexual crimes, theft, drug crimes, manslaughter in the first degree,
fetal homicide in the second degree, and assault in the first degree.
Class C Felonies are punishable from anywhere between five years to ten
years in a state prison. Criminal charges for Class C Felonies include
unlawful access to computers in the first degree, use of stolen credit
cards where the amount exceed ten thousand dollars, white collar
crimes, driving under the influence offenses, manslaughter in the
second degree, trafficking in financial data, and assault in the second
degree. The last felony classification is the Class D Felony. This
felony includes felonious driving, reckless homicide, use of stolen
credit cards that exceeds five hundred dollars but is less than one
thousand dollars, stalking in the first degree, and assault in the
third degree. Punishment for Class D Felonies include up to five years
in prison and no less than one year in prison.
In contrast misdemeanor charges in Kentucky have sentences of less than
twelve months in a county jail facility and usually come with fines
between two hundred dollars and one thousand dollars. Felony
convictions are always served in a state penitentiary and misdemeanor
convictions are always served in a county jail.
Kentucky Felony Expungement Expungement allows deserving individuals to have their records
cleared of criminal charges. This gives individuals the opportunity to
receive employment, professional licenses, and other civil
opportunities that would otherwise be compromised due to past criminal
records. Expungement means the destruction of criminal files and
records so they will no longer be accessible to the general public and
most law enforcement agencies. This destruction is a figurative
destruction as records can be used in future cases as priors and for
the running of public office. The state of Kentucky does not allow
felony conviction records to be expunged. Some misdemeanors can be
expunged after a sentence has been completed along with the necessary
probation time as appointed by the court.