Does "taking" constitute a form of larceny?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Solis, 200 Cal.Rptr.3d 463, 245 Cal.App.4th 1099 (Cal. App. 2016):
In this context, "taking" is not a synonym for stealing; it is a legal term of art describing one element of theft by larceny. (People v. Gomez (2008) 43 Cal.4th 249, 255, 74 Cal.Rptr.3d 123, 179 P.3d 917.) Taking "has two aspects: (1) achieving possession of the property, known as caption, and (2)
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