What does degree mean wrt Texas misdemeanor?

Factual Questions
1

I have an “acquaintance” in Texas who has been charged with the following:

Theft of service TPC 31.04 (e)(2). The online records indicate something called degree, and that value is 112. The Level is Class B Misdemeanor.

What does that mean?

2

According to the Texas Penal Code:

*Sec. 12.22. CLASS B MISDEMEANOR. An individual adjudged guilty of a Class B misdemeanor shall be punished by:

(1) a fine not to exceed $2,000;

(2) confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days; or

(3) both such fine and confinement.
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Note–I am not licensed in Texas. Their laws may have changed, I might be insane, relying on anything I post may get you in deep shit. Check with a lawyer licensed in Texas.

3

To clarify, I needed to know what Level 112 means…I knew what the Class B meant. Sorry about that.

4

I’ve been practicing law in Texas for close to ten years, and I can’t say I really know what they mean by “degree 112.” Degree usually refers to the severity of a felony, either first degree, second degree, third degree, or state jail. Misdemeanors are classes A, B, or C. What online records are you looking at?

5

Call the clerk of the court and ask. They’ll know. It might refer to a more exact dollar amount (the range is quite larger for each degree of misdemeanor) or likely an internal code for the prosecutor of that county (and not for the law of the* State*).

6

As a Texas Peace Officer, from reading your op it seems that it is listing the value of the items stolen, 112$. That would fall into the value range for a class b, over 50$ but under 500$. It is not typical (in my experience) for this information to be public record, so it may be something else.

7

Thank you.

BTW for the rest of the readers/posters: The information was pulled from the Collin County Website’s Online Records.