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Criminal

Dec. 30, 2005

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FELONY REVERSED - A teenager who pocketed a cell phone that another youth dropped after fleeing a brawl did not commit the felony of grand theft person, a three-judge 2nd District Appellate Court panel has ruled.

FELONY REVERSED - A teenager who pocketed a cell phone that another youth dropped after fleeing a brawl did not commit the felony of grand theft person, a three-judge 2nd District Appellate Court panel has ruled.
        Relying on a 108-year-old state Supreme Court opinion and Court of Appeal case law, the three-member panel said the evidence did not support a finding that the youth took the property "fro...

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