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Donald Trump received a felony conviction in New York, but was given an unconditional discharge.
is a statutory, discretionary sentence that leaves a felony conviction on the record but imposes no imprisonment, fines, or probation; the court may impose it only where it could have imposed a condit...
means a court convicts a defendant but imposes no punishment—no imprisonment, fine, or probation—for the offense; legally it leaves the conviction in place as a final judgment while releasing the pers...
Prosecutors in rarely publish indexes of how often they consent to s for felony convictions, and the available legal sources and commentary describe the sentence as an established but uncommon tool ra...
An unconditional discharge in New York is a legislated but rarely used sentence that enters a final judgment of conviction while imposing no prison, fine or probation, and — when used for a felony — r...