Ordinance 466A-77 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • • _Section 5 Punishment of Offenses • • .(1) A Class A offense may be punished by a fine not to exceed • :Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment in jail -not to exceed six (6) months , or both imprisonment and -:_(2) ;-A Class B offense may be punished by a-fine not to exceed . --.Tufo Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or imprisonment in jail not -do exceed ten (10) days , or both fine and imprisonment; • t.provided, however that a Class B offense shall be punished -by a fine only (not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) • •.:if`rhe defendant has not been convicted of, pled guilty or forfeited to a Class A or B offense of the City of Everett - three (3) years immediately preceding his or her .rrest-on the Class B offense which disposition is currently .to be determined. Provided, further , that for the limited :::purposes•of sentencing under this subsection of Section. 5, >a conviction for, plea of guilty or forfeiture to a mis- demeanor (excluding traffic offenses) committed within ,the City of Everett prior to the effective- date of. this Code, • -shall be considered a Class A or B offense. • 43) A-violation may be punished by a fine or forfeiture not to - .exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) , but a com.;ietion --= f a violation shall not give use to any dis&iIity or legal • _<rdisadvantage based on the conviction of a criminal offense. :Nothing herein this Section 5 or otherwise in this Code shall be construed to restrict, diminish or inhibit the -court`s discretionary power to treat any intentional --failure to comply with a court order in respect to fines --or costs or both upon a conviction, as contempt. (5) -tor the purposes of subsection 2 of this Section 5, proof =of a prior conviction, plea of guilty or forfeiture may be ---established by a certified copy of that portion of the -previous court record which reflects dispositicn. Except -as otherwise provided by the rules of evidence , this evidence shall not be offered to the court until a finding .of guilt has been entered and is to be used for the limited -purpose of sentencing.