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by dragonwriter 3573 days ago
> Felonies are reserved for very serious crimes.

This is true only in the tautological sense, in which designation of something as "felony" is held to designate it as a "very serious" crime.

Beyond that, no. In fact, this is expressly recognized many places in law, such as California's three-strikes law, where a "strike" is a "violent or serious" felony.