Legal Question in Criminal Law in North Carolina

Sure, as long as you can convince a Judge or jury that you didn't actually steal something that doesn't belong to you - that's called being found not guilty. However, if you did steal, you'd have an incredible sense of entitlement to expect nothing bad should happen to you. Of course, this is 'Merica where today, just about everyone is disgustingly over entitled and willing to disregard responsibility for their poor choices - so it is possible.