Is auto theft classified as a grand theft crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Solis, 200 Cal.Rptr.3d 463, 245 Cal.App.4th 1099 (Cal. App. 2016):
5 Penal Code section 487, subdivision (d)(1) classifies auto theft as a grand theft offense. However, like Section 490.2, section 487 is not itself a substantive crime. (People v. Ortega(1998) 19 Cal.4th 686, 696, 80 Cal.Rptr.2d 489, 968 P.2d 48 ["Grand theft ... is not a separate offense, but simply the higher degree of the crime of theft."].)
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