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Felony or Misdemeaner

Is Theft 100-500 in New Orleans Parish a Felony or a Misdemeaner?


Asked on 4/24/07, 11:02 pm

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Andrew Casanave Andrew M. Casanave

Re: Felony or Misdemeaner

I don't usually cut and paste but here are all the theft penalties from the Louisiana Theft Statute (R.S. 14:98):

(1) Whoever commits the crime of theft when the misappropriation or taking amounts to a value of five hundred dollars or more shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both.

(2) When the misappropriation or taking amounts to a value of three hundred dollars or more, but less than a value of five hundred dollars, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or may be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

(3) When the misappropriation or taking amounts to less than a value of three hundred dollars, the offender shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or may be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both. If the offender in such cases has been convicted of theft two or more times previously, upon any subsequent conviction he shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or may be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

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Answered on 4/24/07, 11:31 pm


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