California Supreme Court· 11/5/1998

People v. Davis

Citations

965 P.2d 1165
79 Cal. Rptr. 2d 295
19 Cal. 4th 301
98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8223
98 Daily Journal DAR 11400
1998 Cal. LEXIS 6883

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holding that a defendant’s taking of merchandise from the store shelf with the intent to claim ownership and return it to the store on the condition that the store pays a refund constitutes an intent to permanently deprive within the meaning of larceny
“[T]he general rule is not inflexible: [t]he word ‘permanently’ . . . is not to be taken literally.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
defendant's intent to claim ownership of certain merchandise taken from shelf of store and to return it to the store on condition that the store pay refund constitutes intent to permanently deprive within meaning of larceny law

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