Selling a Stolen Vehicle

My question involves criminal law for the state of: California.

So I had an idea that I'm not sure how it would turn out. Let's say that there was a stolen car that I was in possession of. If I said I didn't know it was stolen, I could tell them I bought it from person A. I also say that I buy cars and sell them for profit, and so that's what I was going to do with this car. I also tell them that I bought the car previously and sold it a few times because I saw it listed as lower prices than I sold it. Anyways, person A said the same as me and that he bought the car from person B. Person B says the exact same and says he bought it from me. I repeat what I told them before. We can all agree that we sold the cars between each other but we aren't sure who stole the car first and how many times we bought and sold it. Is there enough to convinct me since I am in possession of the car or is it impossible to figure out who stole the car. Do we all get in trouble or none of us?

If you get caught with the stolen vehicle you go down for possession of a stolen vehicle no matter what kind of cockamamie story you try to spin.

Beyond a reasonable doubt doesn't mean beyond any fantasy you can invent. You also mistake the purpose of this forum. This is NOT the "How do I break the law and get away with it" forum.

By the way, for receiving stolen property, it matters not who stole the car. If you knew it was stolen, you're guilty.

But if I had no clue it was stolen and everyone else says they didn't know either

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Quoting ssmith0310

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But if I had no clue it was stolen and everyone else says they didn't know either

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Again, I'm not going to indulge your fantasies. Stop dealing with stealing cars. Pretending you don't know what is going on isn't going to help you. Further USED CAR dealers are regulated by the state. You're going to have to go through the appropriate training. You might want to actually read the law as laid out in the Dealer's Handbook put out by the state:
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/de..._hdbk_pdf/toc/

Let me tell you, even being charged with a felony is going to wipe out whatever profit you envision making. Actually being convicted of a felony, even in lala land there, is going to have serious, life long repercussions.

It's just a topic that came up in my ethics class btw. We werent being dealerships but more like buying and selling cars on Craigslist, which isn't illegal

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Quoting ssmith0310

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It's just a topic that came up in my ethics class btw. We werent being dealerships but more like buying and selling cars on Craigslist, which isn't illegal

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I'm sure your teacher would be thrilled to see you asking others to answer your questions for you.

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Quoting Dogmatique

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I'm sure your teacher would be thrilled to see you asking others to answer your questions for you.

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She's the one who told me to ask this forum because she was interested. Don't wanna start a fight here

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Quoting flyingron

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Let me tell you, even being charged with a felony is going to wipe out whatever profit you envision making.

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Out of curiosity, what do you mean by this. Are there serious collateral consequences for just having a felony charge, even if no conviction results?

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Quoting ignoramus23

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Out of curiosity, what do you mean by this. Are there serious collateral consequences for just having a felony charge, even if no conviction results?

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Yes, there are. You can cry innocent until proven guilty all you want but there are going to be a lot of things that are going to be difficult for you with pending felony charges, even if you're found not guilty at trial.