California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Moore, D072355, D072443 (Cal. App. 2018):
The Act added section 459.5, which created the misdemeanor crime of shoplifting for conduct that would have previously qualified as a burglary. (People v. Gonzales, supra, 2 Cal.5th at p. 863.) Section 459.5, subdivision (a) provides: "Notwithstanding Section 459, shoplifting is defined as entering a commercial establishment with intent to
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