1.19. Felonies Defined and Classified
(a) Felonies defined by this Code are classified, for the purpose of sentence, into three degrees, as follows:
(1) felonies of the first degree;
(2) felonies of the second degree;
(3) felonies of the third degree.
Any crime declared to be a felony, without specification of degree, is of the third degree.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a felony defined by any statute of this Territory other than this Code shall constitute for the purpose of sentence a felony of the third degree.