Is there any case law where a defendant was arrested while driving a stolen car?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Dalton, E071321 (Cal. App. 2019):
Defendant additionally argues that the court erred in failing to give a sua sponte instruction that he could not be convicted of both taking the car and receiving the stolen car. (See People v. Black (1990) 222 Cal.App.3d 523, 525.) However, any error was harmless. In Strong, supra, 30 Cal.App.4th 366, the defendant was arrested while driving
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