Tag Archives: Identity Theft


CC 1807: Felony Value Threshold Applies to Identity Theft
September 6th, 2021

People v. Baratang (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 252, 260–263 concluded that the $950 requirement in PC 368(d)1) applies to a felony violation of PC 368(d) based on identity theft. Accordingly, the trial court erred in modifying CC 1807 to instruct otherwise.   See also, this post.


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“So-Called” Identity Theft Is Not Covered by Prop. 47
September 7th, 2020

People v. Jimenez (2020) 9 Cal.5th 53 held that misuse of identifying information in violation of PC 530.5(a) cannot be reclassified as shoplifting because section 530.5(a) is not a theft offense. (Jimenez, supra, 9 Cal.5th at pp. 58-59; see also People v. Harrell (Aug. 10, 2020, A156017) ___ Cal.App.1st ___ .) Jimenez discusses several reasons […]


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