Can a company sue someone who has been convicted of shoplifting but paid their fine?
Full Question:
Can a company sue someone who has been caught shop lifting 10 times for the amount of the merchandise they tried to shop lift even knowing they paid a fine in court and did community service time?
05/16/2009 |
Category: Criminal |
State: Oklahoma |
#16689
Answer:
Please see the following OK statutes to determine applicability:
§ 21-1704. Grand and petit larceny defined
Grand larceny is larceny committed in either of the following cases:
1. When the property taken is of value exceeding Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00).
2. When such property, although not of value exceeding Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00), is taken from the person of another.
Larceny in other cases is petit larceny.
§ 21-1706. Punishment for petit larceny.
Petit larceny shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Ten
Dollars ($10.00) or more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or
imprisonment in the county jail not to six (6) months, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
§ 21-1705. Grand larceny a felony.
Grand larceny is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years if the value of the property is
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more and if the value of the property
is less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) punishable by incarceration
in the county jail for not more than one (1) year or by incarceration in
the county jail one ore more nights or weekends pursuant to Section
991a-2[22-991a-2] of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, at the option of
the court, and shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00) and ordered to provide restitution to the victim as
provided in Section 991a[22-991a] of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
