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(1) Felonies are classified into four categories:
(a) Capital felonies;
(b) Felonies of the first degree;
(c) Felonies of the second degree;
(d) Felonies of the third degree.
(2) An offense designated as a felony either in this code or in another law, without specification as to punishment or category, is a felony of the third degree.
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