Walk It Through: The Jacket
Not more than $750 is third degree, an arrest for an offense in view, and vacating after three years.
A college student walks out of a department store wearing a jacket that was never paid for, and an officer standing by the exit sees it.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One jacket and one conviction. Felony theft, the felony vacating rules, and mandatory arrests are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Gross misdemeanorThe crime level between a misdemeanor and a felony, punishable by up to three hundred sixty four days in jail, a fine up to five thousand dollars, or both.
- Theft in the third degreeTheft of property or services worth not more than $750, a gross misdemeanor.
- Vacating a convictionApplying to the sentencing court to clear a conviction after the waiting period; once a felony record is vacated, the person may state, including on job applications, that they have never been convicted of that crime.
- Criminal trespassKnowingly entering or remaining unlawfully in a building, the first degree, or in or upon other premises of another, the second degree.
- HarassmentKnowingly threatening, without lawful authority, to cause bodily injury, damage property, or confine someone, where the words or conduct place the person in reasonable fear the threat will be carried out.
- Protection orderAn order of one of the kinds the statute lists, among them domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, vulnerable adult and extreme risk protection orders.
- StalkingIntentionally and repeatedly harassing or following someone, or contacting, following, tracking or monitoring them after actual notice that they do not want it, causing fear a reasonable person would feel.