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What is Embezzlement (Penal Code Â§ 503)? | 42 Code
What is Embezzlement (Penal Code Â§ 503)?
December 15, 2016 by kilimster
The mention of embezzlement conjures up images of an untrustworthy accountant methodically stealing small amounts of cash over a long period of time, adding up to thousands of dollars, or an jobholder at a cash chronical dropping a few dollars here and there into his uncertainty her pants pockets. Sadly it seems the most common paradigmatic of embezzlement recently is by caretakers stealing from an elderly person.
Penal Code § 503 defines embezzlement as stealing wealth that has been entrusted to you. When alone enters a building, i.e. an employer’s place of business, and embezzles money it is also burglary.
Embezzlement, however, is a “white collar crime” that carries with it a stigma about dishonesty and abusing a placement of trust. Sometimes, an accounting problem, rather than true embezzlement, can result in false accusations. Other times, although the charges are based on a single transaction, an honest mistake can lead to embezzlement charges.
Embezzlement often is no longer charged as a violation of Disciplinary Code § 503. Instead, it is charged as grand pilferage (Penal Code § 487) if the prize exceeds $950, or criticism theft (Penal Code § 484) if the amount is $950 or less. Supposing the item embezzled is an automobile, grand theft auto (Penal Signal § 487 (d)(1)) will be charged. If it is a firearm, grand theft weapon longing be charged (Penal Code § 487 (d)(2)).
To prove such charges, the prosecutor must first prove that you had some position of trust and confidence with the victim. The most common relationships are employee/employer, lawyer/client and doctor/patient.
Second, the prosecutor must establish that in the course of such a relationship, you were entrusted with approximately type of property or money. In spare words, the purse or property was not given to you for you to reserve that your own.
Third, the prosecutor must prove you had the “specific intent to deprive” the owner of the property. This can be a mere temporary deprivation, i.e. you only wanted to use a coach for an evening or a firearm for a few days.
It is important to note that Retributory Code § 487 is a “wobbler.” Thus, if the prosecution charges one with violating sector 487 (grand theft) equally a felony, a good defense attorney must consider filing a Penal Code § 17 (b) motion to reclassify the charge as a misdemeanor. This motion, if granted, has the practical effect of limiting the maximum incarceration to one year in county jail, if there are no enhancements to the sentence or other charges involved.
If such a motion is denied and the client is convicted of felony grand theft, he substitute she faces a minimum of sixteen months in county jail and a maximum of three years subordination AB109, if there are no enhancements and other charges. Frustrating factors are considered by the judge in making this decision. If the victim was a subordinate person such as an elderly person or dependent upon the defendant, this suggests a longer sentence is fitting. Conversely, in case the defendant freely reimburses the victim or replaces the embezzled chattel in a prompt manner, this mitigates the sentence.
The defenses to embezzlement start with intent, i.e. you did not mean to commit a theft. There is also mistake of fact, meaning you believed the item embezzled actually was your own oppositely you had a right to it, or the victim gave you permission to take it (consent). Occasionally, mistaken identity is a defense.
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