infamous crime

A term of more than one connotation; sometimes referring to the manner of punishment, at other times to the effect of a conviction upon the credibility of the delinquent. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 23. Determined by the nature of the punishment rather than the circumstances of the commission of the particular offense for which punishment imposed. Briggs v Board of Comrs. 202 Okla 684, 217 P2d 827, 20 ALR2d 727. At common law, a crime infamous in the opinion of the people respecting the mode of punishment or infamous in respect of the future credibility of the delinquent. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 23. An offense punishable by death or by imprisonment in a prison or penitentiary, particularly if the period of imprisonment is more than one year. Anno: 24 ALR 1004; 27 Am J1st Indict § 10. Within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment of the Federal Constitution, an offense punishable by imprisonment in a state prison or penitentiary with or without hard labor. Ex parte Mills, 135 US 263, 267, 34 L Ed 107, 109, 10 S Ct 762. Treason, felony, and those crimes of dishonesty included within the term "crimen falsi." 21 Am J2d Crim L § 23. In one sense of the term, any felony. State ex rel. Anderson v Fousek, 91 Mont 448, 8 P2d 312, 84 ALR 303. An offense which is typified by collateral results such as disqualification for voting or holding office. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 23. An offense which can be prosecuted only by indictment by a grand jury or the equivalent in an information. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 23. An offense expressly declared "infamous" by statute. People ex rel. Latimer v Randolph, 13 Ill 2d 552, 150 NE2d 603, cert den 358 US 852, 856, 3 L Ed 2d 85, 90, 79 S Ct 80, 89. In determining whether a crime is infamous, the punishment which the statute authorizes is regarded, and not the punishment which is actually awarded. 27 Am J1st Indict § 9.