When we talk about "felonies" we are talking about the most serious of criminal offenses. The distinction between felonies and misdemeanors is consistent in both State and Federal Courts. If you are convicted of a "felony" in either State or Federal court, you are forever thereafter a "convicted felon." There are also some important considerations regarding the requirement to register as a convicted felon in Florida that apply even if your formal adjudication of guilt is withheld.

In state courts in Florida, one way to remember the differeence between felonies and misdemeaniors is that for felonies, you can go to prison for years, whereas for misdemennors you can go to county jails for up to one year, but no more for a single charge.

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