Posted on 12/01/2017 1:42:04 PM PST by ColdOne
A person convicted of a felony for stealing a car may have that conviction reduced to a misdemeanor if the vehicle was worth no more than $950, the California Supreme Court decided unanimously Thursday.
The decision came in a case interpreting Proposition 47, a 2014 ballot measure that reduced felonies for certain drug and theft crimes to misdemeanors.
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Those vintage radio Dragnets are really good.
Back then they apparently meant whatever term as prescribed by law.
Damon Runyon, The Whistler, and Have Gun Will Travel get some listening too.
If hanging is asking too much, I recommend one thing the muzzies do. Chop off a hand at least for the first time.
It would seem someone who can only afford a car worth less than $950 could never afford to lose their car or replace it for that matter. So make the crime of stealing from those less expensive cars a minor violation as opposed to those who own fully insured more expensive cars?
Amazing.
That'd make standard-shift cars much harder to steal!
Any car worth less than $950 ain’t worth stealing.
Governor of the Moonbeam state: “Help make California a Third World state again”!
My 16 Tacoma and old jeeps are a little safer in that regard.
The transmission on my Willys is about to self destruct.
The CJ7 is in pieces so that isn’t a problem.
Is that the value before they steal it or after they’re done with it?
Not just the poor. According to Kellly BB and the local government, one of my vehicles, a euro convertible, is only worth hundreds of dollars because of the high mileage and age and the fact that they were ubiquitous and are not (yet?) considered classics.
However, I've done a comprehensive restoration on it and there's no way it could be replaced for under 10 grand.
Just one more reason to never drive back to Cali.
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