Section 15.  


Latest version.
  • A crime or public offense is an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it, and to which is annexed, upon conviction, either of the following punishments:

    1. Death;

    2. Imprisonment;

    3. Fine;

    4. Removal from office; or,

    5. Disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit in this State.

(Enacted 1872.)