Larceny PC 484(a)

Question 1

What is larceny?

Answer 1

Takes possession of personal property owned or possessed by another by means of trespass and with intent to steal the property and carries the property away.

Question 1

What is takes possession?

Answer 1

If there was an intent, at the time possession of the goods was obtained, then there was a taking.

Question 2

What is of personal property?

Answer 2

Must be moveable and tangible.

Question 3

What is owned or possessed by another?

Answer 3

A distinct averment of ownership is necessary.

Question 4

What is by means of trespass and?

Answer 4

Taking without consent.

Question 5

What is with intent to steal the property and

Answer 5

An intent by one to do less than retain the property permanently will constitute theft when the owner’s property was dealt with in such a way that there was a substantial risk of permanent loss. There is not an intent to steal with a claim-of-right defense.

Question 6

What is carries the property away?

Answer 6

An asportation is any removal of the property from the place where it was kept or placed by the owner.