Nov 17, 2014

Prop 47 continues to be the get out of jail card for some ; will shopping cart ordinance ever see prosecutions?

This is from the text of Proposition 47:

The measure requires misdemeanor sentencing instead of felony for the following crimes:[1][2]

Shoplifting, where the value of property stolen does not exceed $950
Grand theft, where the value of the stolen property does not exceed $950
Receiving stolen property, where the value of the property does not exceed $950
Forgery, where the value of forged check, bond or bill does not exceed $950
Fraud, where the value of the fraudulent check, draft or order does not exceed $950
Writing a bad check, where the value of the check does not exceed $950
Personal use of most illegal drugs

How will this affect the Eureka shopping cart ordinance?

Today, while sitting in court, a guy got booked, arrested, from what I could gather incident that included Eureka Grocery Outlet. Thanks to Prop 47, his crime was a misdemeanor. He got released on his own recognizance.

Now he just happened to have no previous convictions, most do. What is his incentive to come back to court? Why not commit another crime?

The court calendar might go faster but who pays the booking fees, the public defender fee's?

Not the ones who commit crimes, in most cases.

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