Does the prosecution have the power to plead and prove receipt of stolen property as a felony regardless of the value of the stolen property?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Perkins, 197 Cal.Rptr.3d 743, 244 Cal.App.4th 129 (Cal. App. 2016):
At the time of defendant's conviction, the prosecution was permitted to plead and prove receipt of stolen property as a felony regardless the value of the stolen property. (People v. Shabazz (2015) 237 Cal.App.4th 303, 308, 187 Cal.Rptr.3d 828.) As amended by Proposition 47, section 496, subdivision (a) now specifies that "if the
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