The defendant wanted to borrow his neighbor's car to go shopping for lawnmowers. Knowing that the neighbor was out of town for t
he weekend, the defendant opened the neighbor's garage door and took a car key that the neighbor hid in an old coffee can for emergencies. Once inside, the defendant, mistakenly believing that larceny applied only to the taking of items valued at over $100, decided to take the neighbor's lawnmower (worth $75) in order to trade it in on a new mower. However, on the way to the store with the mower, he was involved in an automobile accident, totaling the car. In a common law jurisdiction, of what property is the defendant guilty of larceny
In a common law jurisdiction, the property that the defendant is guilty of larceny is the lawnmower.
Explanation:
Larceny or theft is the intentional possession of someone's property for the purpose of permanently depriving the owner of its use. The property may be the person's identity, intellectual property, services, and personal property. Though the automobile was totally ruined, the neighbor did not initially intend to dispossess the owner of the car. But he intended to dispossess the owner of the lawnmower since he was about to trade it in for a new one, which will belong to him and not the former owner.
Erin is a system administrator for a federal government agency.What law contains guidance on how she may operate a federalinformation system? a) Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) b) Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) c) Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) d) Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Actb) Federal Information SecurityManagement Act (FISMA
Justice Jackson's characterization of Marshall's Gibbon's opinion was correct because it helped lay down the foundation for railroads and pipelines, minimum wage regulation and prohibition of child labor. What did the Court say about enslaved African Americans' position in the United States in Dred Scott v.
No i would not recommend going to court because i'm sure if he has the money to get a lawyer then he should have the money to replace his damaged goods