California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, 243 Cal.Rptr.3d 921, 32 Cal.App.5th 726 (Cal. App. 2019):
Assuming a defendants knowledge that the property at issue was stolen, section 496, subdivision (a) may be violated in either of two ways: (1) by buying or receiving "any property that has been stolen" or (2) by "conceal[ing], sell[ing], withhold[ing], or aid[ing] in concealing, selling, or withholding any property from the owner." ( 496, subd. (a).) "[E]ach of the prohibited acts listed in section 496, subdivision ( [a] ) are separate and distinct offenses." ( People v. Boyce (1980) 110 Cal.App.3d 726, 734, 168 Cal.Rptr. 219.) In particular, "[r]eceiving stolen property and concealing stolen property are separate offenses." ( Williams v. Superior Court (1978) 81 Cal.App.3d 330, 343, 146 Cal.Rptr. 311.)
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