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Never risk a felony to escape a misdemeanour[edit]

The semi-popular lawyer advice phrase "never risk a felony to escape a misdemeanour" is arguably related to the law of holes, or to escalation of commitment, however I don't have a good enough quality citation to hand – but maybe someone else does, or maybe someone else is minded to go on a Google safari to track one down. —ReadOnlyAccount (talk) 18:26, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]