What is a complaint of conversion?
Full Question:
I was caught shoplifting in a grocery store. I put the products into my purse in the bathroom. The loss prevention staff saw the product boxes I removed and threw into the trash can and stopped me. I did not walk out of the store or try to pass the checking point. I returned everything. But the grocery staff filed the paper work to the court. I got the summon from the court today. It says I need to show up on Jan. 9 to answer the complaint of conversion.
I am confused, am I charged for a crime? From what I know, shoplifting in IN usually is charged as Class A misdemeanor. Why the summon just listed "to answer the complaint of conversion"? It's ordered by the judge. Is there any possibility that this incident is treated as civil case?
12/20/2007 |
Category: Courts ยป Legal Defini... |
State: Indiana |
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Answer:
The following is an Indiana statute:
IC 35-43-4-3 (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally exerts....
(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally exerts unauthorized control
over property of another person commits criminal conversion, a Class A
misdemeanor.
(b) The offense under subsection (a) is a Class D felony if committed by
a person who exerts unauthorized control over the motor vehicle of another
person with the intent to use the motor vehicle to assist the person in the
commission of a crime.
(c) The offense under subsection (a) is a Class C felony if:
(1) committed by a person who exerts unauthorized control over the motor
vehicle of another person; and
(2) the person uses the motor vehicle to assist the person in the
commission of a felony.
