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    Default Petty Theft California

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: California

    Me and a friend we have never been in trouble before EVER we are both 20 were recently caught for taking around 800 dollars worth of stuff from a store, they got us as we were leaving the store they recovered the merchandise we were charged with PC-488 PETTY theft for it and we were given a ticket and told to show up in court on a certain date I have a couple of questions to ask

    1. Since it was close to 800 dollars can this be up'ed to a Grand Theft charge i mean they charged us with petty theft can one be charged for a grand theft and the other for petty or both grand or will they just keep it petty?

    2. Can they use footage against us for us taking stuff before i'm certain they have footage of me taking the items off the shelf but they don't have footage of me putting the items anywhere on my body i did it on a aisle where i made sure there was no cameras also this was 2 to 3 days apart

    3. What kind of sentencing am I going to be looking at if it is Petty or Grand theft?

    Yes i will be getting an attorney i just thought i'd ask here first because you guys know your stuff thanks in advance

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    Default Re: Petty Theft California

    Why do you think they need video footage of you concealing the merchandise? Sounds like you had the merchandise on you when apprehended. You were charged with a misdemeanor because you didn't meet the felony threshold.

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    Default Re: Petty Theft California

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    Why do you think they need video footage of you concealing the merchandise? Sounds like you had the merchandise on you when apprehended. You were charged with a misdemeanor because you didn't meet the felony threshold.
    No from previous times, i took stuff from that store can they charge me for it with this one? because i did take stuff before just didn't get caught i put the stuff in a bag on a aisle where there was no one or no cameras so they can't get me for that right?

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