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If a person enters a closed but unlocked gate of a homeowner’s fenced in yard and steals their personal property valued over $950, what crime or crimes are involved? Grand Theft? Grand Larceny? Burglary? Trespassing? Would all these be felony crimes?
A:
Yes, grand theft. Burglary may be over reaching as it was in the yard. Once you get to grand theft, the trespassing is a bit irrelevant. Grand theft can be a felony or a misdemeanor.
Bottom line: what is charged and how it ends up are two different things.
Joseph Abrams agrees with this answer
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