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P.C. 466

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Possession of Burglary Tools (M)

  • The possession of certain tools
  • Knowingly making, altering, or attempting to make a key or other instrument to fit or open the lock of a building without legal request
  • With the intent to break or enter into any specified structure
  • For the purpose of committing any misdemeanor or felony
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V.C. 10851

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Vehicle Theft (F)

  • The driving or taking of
  • A vehicle not the person’s own
  • Without consent
  • With the intent to temporarily or permanently deprive the owner
  • Of title or possession of such vehicle
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P.C. 478(d)(1)

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Grand Theft Auto (F)

  • The driving or taking of
  • A vehicle not the person’s own
  • Without consent
  • With the intent to permanently deprive the owner
  • Of title or possession of such vehicle
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P.C. 187

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Murder (F)

  • The unlawful killing of a human being or fetus
  • With malice aforethought
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P.C. 240

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Assault (M)

  • Any unlawful attempt
  • Coupled with the present ability
  • To commit a violent injury
  • On the person of another
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P.C. 242

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Battery (M)

  • Willful and unlawful
  • Use of force or violence
  • On the person of another
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P.C. 245

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Assault w/a Deadly Weapon (F)

  • Unlawful attempt
  • Coupled with the present ability
  • To commit a violent injury
  • On the person of another
  • By the use of a deadly weapon
  • Or force likely to produce great bodily injury
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P.C. 459

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Burglary (F)

  • Any person
  • Who enters
  • A building or specified structure
  • With the intent to commit Grand Theft, Petty Theft, or any other felony
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P.C. 207(a)

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Kidnapping (F)

  • The Unlawful taking of a person
  • Against his or her will
  • By force or fear
  • From one place to another
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P.C. 215

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Carjacking (F)

  • The taking of a motor vehicle
  • From the person or immediate presence
  • Of a person or passenger
  • By means of force or fear
  • With the intent to either permanently or temporarily deprive the possessor or passenger
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P.C. 484

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Theft

  • The taking and
  • Carrying away of
  • Personal property of another
  • Without consent
  • With intent to permanently deprive the owner
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P.C. 488

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Petty Theft (M)
- Property < $950
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P.C. 487

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Grand Theft (F)
- Property >$950
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P.C. 666

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  • Petty theft with prior theft related conviction and jail time (F)
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P.C. 537

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Defrauding An Innkeeper

  • Obtaining of
  • Food, services, or accommodations
  • At a designated facility without paying
  • With the intent to defraud the proprietor or manager
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P.C. 496(a)

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Receiving Stolen Property (F)

  • Every person who knowingly
  • Buys, receives, conceals, sells, withholds or
  • Aids in concealing, selling or withholding
  • Any stolen property obtained by theft or extortion
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P.C. 470

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Forgery (F)

  • The intent to defraud
  • Make, utter, publish, pass, or attempt to pass
  • An altered, forged, or counterfeit document or seal or
  • Signs an unauthorized or fictitious name
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P.C. 537e

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Possession or receiving personal property with altered serial numbers or identification marks (M)

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P.C. 451

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Arson (F)

  • Willfully and maliciously
  • Sets fire to or burns or causes to be burned or
  • Aids, counsels, or procures the burning of
  • Any structure, forestland, or property
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P.C. 602

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Trespassing (M)

  • Any person who enters and occupies
  • Real property or structures of any kind
  • Without consent of the owner, owner’s agent, or the person in lawful possession
  • Refusing to leave upon request
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P.C. 594

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Vandalism
- Malicious intent
- To deface, damage, or destroy with graffiti or other inscribed material
- Personal or real property
- Not their own
< $400 (M)
> $400 (F)
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P.C. 236

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False Imprisonment (M)

  • Unlawful violation
  • Of the personal liberty
  • Of another
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P.C. 261

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Rape (F)

  • An act of penile/vaginal intercourse which is committed
  • With a person, not the spouse of the perpetrator, and
  • Without consent of the person
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P.C. 261.5

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Unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, not the perpetrators spouse (F)

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P.C. 262

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Rape of a person who is the perpetrators spouse (F)

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P.C. 220

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Intent to Commit Rape (F)

  • Assault
  • With specific intent
  • To commit Mayhem, rape, sodomy, oral copulation, rape in concert, lewd acts with a child, or penetration with a foreign object
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P.C. 314

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Indecent Exposure (M)

  • Every person who
  • Willfully and lewdly
  • Exposes their private parts
  • Where there are others present to be offended
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P.C. 647c

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Obstruction of a Public Way (M)

  • Any person who willfully and maliciously
  • Obstructs the free movement of any person
  • On any public way

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