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    Assault, Burglary, Larceny, and, Auto-Theft. In 2014 alone there has been two homicides. In 2015 and 2016, there has not been one single homicide after an incident in 2014. The crime rate for rape has stayed the same since 2014 which is reported fourteen people. In the robbery section, numbers fluctuate. In 2014, forty-four people have reported a robbery in 2014. It goes higher in 2015 and then it goes back down in 2016. The most crime committed in the City of Stanton is Larceny. The crime reported

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    Penal Law, Article 145, Section 145.00, criminal mischief in the fourth degree occurs when, a person intentionally damages property of another person. Furthermore, I charged Charlie with grand larceny in the fourth degree. According to the New York State Penal Law, Article 155, Section 155.30, grand larceny in the fourth degree occurs when, a person steals property and the value of the property exceeds one thousand dollars. While Charlie was illegal in the

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    372 U.S. 335 (1963) Gideon v. Wainwright, corrections director. No. 155 Supreme Court of the United States Clarence Earl Gideon was a man with an 8th grade education only. He was convicted of Petty larceny in the state of Florida. The facts of the case are as follows. Gideon made a phone call outside of the pool hall around 5:30am the same time the pool hall was robbed. He was seen inside the pool hall, and outside the pool hall by an eye witness. Gideon asked the court to appoint a lawyer

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    This case involves a robbery in which the respondent, Pat Purple, attempted to forcibly steal a cell phone from a young woman. The respondent is being charged with the following: robbery, grand larceny, attempted assault, and possession of stolen property We are here to ask you, Your Honor, to make sure that Pat Purple is convicted and found guilty. There are several people whose names you will hear throughout the trial. There is the victim, Vicky. There are the accomplices that committed the crime

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    the cases I heard was disturbing and astonishing. A woman was arrested for harassment and later was charge with a lesser charge. One of the prisoners from Ulster County was sentenced to lesser for bail from 20,000 to 10,000. He was charge for grand larceny and assault. I do not remember how long he will be in prisoned, but I remember feeling sad and angry about the whole case. The people in the courtroom were very restless and impatient. First, the judge was about 20- 30 minutes late to court and the

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    And through this new friendship they might pick up new things or different ways to commit a crime, which is also known as the social learning theory. “Social learning theory is designed to explain how people learn criminal behavior using the psychological principles of operant conditioning” (Walsh, 2015, p. 130). As stated above, the new attachment that a criminal has with his new friends, who are also criminals, will learn new things from these friends. For instance, a burglar that has been sent

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    In R v. Potisk (1973) The Police charged Potisk with larceny after he was given $2895.17 instead of $1233.23 by a bank teller when exchanging the USD currency and was found not guilty by the supreme court after the judge ruled that it is was not larceny and he was given the money although he was being dishonest. The law is effective in determining justice in this case because he didn't take the money

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    that occurs were related to the population density. The type of property crimes that happens includes larceny-theft, home burglary, home invasion, grand theft auto, forgery, and arson. These types of crimes may be caused by factors such as high school dropouts, the population density per square mile, and people living in urban areas. The paper will focus on the crimes against properties such as larceny-theft, home burglary, and grand theft auto, not a person. Crimes

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    I reviewed the case of Mr. Sam Superstar and Dr. Peters, in regards to possible proceedings and to which party would be at fault. I have found that in this case both parties could be found at fault in many different violations, both civil and criminal. Therefore there could be possible proceedings brought against both parties. It shows many aspects, of many, violations of laws. These violations range from simple breach of contract to theft of property. We will need to look into the violations

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    he had a lawyer named, Turner. They then called Lester Wade to the stand as a witness and then he broke down, then he confessed about lying about saying he had never convicted a felony. Then the judges declared him not guilty of committing Grand Larceny and he was free. This case was important because it changed how cases in courts will be forever. Now, all people that go to court, even for misdemeanor cases. It changed the history for court cases

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