What is the difference between a felony and a misdemeanor?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Furnish v. Board of Medical Examiners, 149 Cal.App.2d 326, 308 P.2d 924 (Cal. App. 1957):
Under the federal law it is the punishment which the statute authorizes which determines whether the crime is a felony or a misdemeanor. Cartwright v. United States, 5 Cir., 146 F.2d 133, 135.
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