Tag Archives: CC 863


The Huge Impact of A Tiny Two-Letter Word
October 15th, 2020

In this March 10, 2020 post FORECITE discussed the CALCRIM instructions which define great bodily injury as a “significant or substantial physical injury … that is greater than minor or moderate harm.” The post suggested, in reliance on People v. Medellin (2020) 45 Cal.App.5th 519, 533- 535 that — as argued by the prosecutor in […]


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Claim of Right: Lack of Concealment
December 20th, 2014

Caveat: Intent to permanently deprive the owner of the property taken is an essential element of larceny. (See CC 1600.) Accordingly, the jury cannot convict, if in light of all the evidence, including the defendant’s alleged claim of right, the intent to permanently deprive element has not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. People v. […]


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