California Court of Appeal

Denial of defendant's petition to have his conviction for second degree burglary reduced to misdemeanor shoplifting is reversed where Penal Code section 459.5 requires 'larceny' to be read as 'theft,' thus permitting a conviction for theft based on false pretenses to qualify as misdemeanor shoplifting.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/07/11

Judges

• HUFFMAN

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel