I believe a criminal offense is essentially anything that is not a civil offense. This includes felonies, misdemeanors, and infractions. You don't go to jail for a speeding ticket, which is a criminal offense.
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
I don't know either, but what I posted was all I could find on line. It just doesn't make sense to me that a person could intentionally not register their auto, drive down Hillsborough trail at 59 mph and walk away with nothing but a fistful of tickets, but God forbid someone drives their perfectly legal golf cart 21 mph on the same road and gets a CRIMINAL offense--stranger things have happened, but if true, there is absolutely no equity in that situation, and laws are written and courts generally try to decide on the basis of equity
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