Tag Archives: Embezzlement


Mens Rea For Embezzlement: Intent To Temporarily Deprive
December 30th, 2014

  People v. Casas (2010) 184 Cal. App. 4th 1242, 1247, concluded that the trial court correctly modified CC 1808 to instruct the jury that “an intent to temporarily deprive was sufficient to prove the mens rea of the crime of embezzlement.” Although not fully clear from the Casas opinion, the trial court’s modification was […]


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Grand Theft Not An LIO Of Embezzlement
April 30th, 2014

  People v. Nazary (2011) 191 Cal. App. 4th 727, held that grand larceny by an employee as defined in CC 1800 is not a lesser included offense of embezzlement. The opinion also makes clear that an employee may be convicted of both grand theft by employee as defined in CC 1800 and embezzlement as […]


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