Members convicted of a lesser felony ('délit' in French) can be dismissed too.

At best a slightly lesser felony- that of accidental rather than planned colonization.

In 1706, the reading test was abolished, and the benefit became available to all first-time offenders of lesser felonies.

Literacy test for Benefit of clergy abolished, making the benefit available to all first-time offenders of lesser felonies.

Without admitting complicity in the cartel, Raymond Polidori, 49, pleaded guilty to a lesser felony of violating the state's antitrust laws.

The harsher treatment of minority defendants is especially meaningful because the courts have broad discretion in lesser felonies.

If the defendant has a previous misdemeanor conviction, he said, the offer might involve pleading to a lesser felony and a sentence of several months or a year in jail.

Drexel avoided RICO charges by pleading no contest to lesser felonies.

The vast majority had been charged with lesser felonies - carrying a concealed weapon, trafficking in food stamps, drug abuse.

Murray would likely be one of those, since involuntary manslaughter is considered a lesser felony.