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NetQuarterLatte t1_jcd4ubh wrote

The harm to harm rule only applies when the defendant is being charged with a felony, no?

Anyone being charged with a misdemeanor cannot be held under the harm-harm rule.

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matzoh_ball t1_jcdh8tm wrote

No, it doesn’t. While the harm-harm rule is kinda imprecise, the basic idea is that every crime is a “harm” crime except for “victimless crimes” such as prostitution or drug crimes (though some judges may consider the sale of meth as a harm crime while other judges may not, so there’s still room for discretion). In any case, for example petit larceny (a misdemeanor) is a harm to property crime and would thus be a harm-harm crime. The same is true for many other misdemeanors.

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