Embedded Files
Shoplifting Criminal Defense Attorney Jackson MS.
The urge to shoplift can result from absence of funds or simply the adventure. Shoplifting is commonly seen as a harmless crime however it brings about penalties imprisonment and shame. Additionally a shoplifting apprehension and conviction remains on your record and can affect future employment possibilities.
The Mississippi code specifies shoplifting as purposefully and unlawfully seizing any type of product owned or held available for sale by a merchant or shop with the intent to take that product without paying. Its typically hard to iron out attempted theft with an honest error so Mississippi legislation is described. Shoplifting conceals the unpurchased product removes unpurchased product from a store changes transfers or eliminates price tags fastened to the unpurchased goods or any kind of tag or gadget used in electronic surveillance of unpurchased merchandise transfers the unpurchased merchandise from one container to another or causes the cash register to reflect less than the merchandises stated cost for the unpurchased product.
The proof offered to develop cost or possession of the goods includes where the product was presented the content of the price tag or correctly determined photos of the goods. The seller has to testify to the specified rate or ownership of the merchandise. They have no reason to lie so their testimony can secure your sentence.
Below are the penalty guidelines:.
Worth of product is $1000 or less: A first or second shoplifting conviction is a misdemeanor with a penalty of $1000 or less imprisonment in the county jail for as much as 6 months or both. Both fine and jail time happens when the court reasons the transgressor can not be monitored will not submit to therapy or poses a substantial danger to public safety and security. Otherwise the court can suspend the prison sentence and impose a 1 year or less probation period a fine of $1000 or less or both.
If the product value is between $500-$ 1000 and its a third or more shoplifting sentence the defendant can be guilty of a felony and fined as much as $1000 jail time for up to 3 years or both. When the value of the goods is in between $1000-5000 its a grand larceny felony which carries as much as a 5-year sentence in the state penitentiary up to a $10000 fine or both.
Its a felony if the worth of product is in between $5000-25000 and will be punished as grand larceny and brings a sentence in the penitentiary of up to one decade a fine of as much as $10000 or both. Its also a felony if the merchandise value mores than $25000 and is likewise punished as grand larceny and prison time of as much as twenty years a penalty of as much as $10000 or both. Just sentences from the past 7 years are taken into consideration when establishing the gravity of the offense.
Shoplifting is taken seriously by the State of Mississippi and can cost you money liberty and work. Joey Franks is a knowledgeable shoplifting criminal defense attorney and will work to obtain a result that does not impact your future. Call him at (601) 773-7777.
39203
Place ID: ChIJRZ4FaKAzKIYRp4APlOH6NY0
Jackson, MS 39203, USA
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse