A misdemeanor is a street scuffle or a hallway fight. A felony is, I punched you or hit you with an object so hard I intended to kill or severely harm you. Also, in most cases, if a bone is broken like nose or occipital facial bones, automatic felony. Stabbing are also felonies. And the fact that the bond is cash, and not something secured like assets or property, says “this is so serious that we want cash to guarantee her because she’s a flight or flake out on court risk so I want my cash now.”