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Shoplifting Criminal Defense Attorney Jackson MS.
Need to shoplift can arise from absence of funds or just the adventure. Shoplifting is frequently viewed as a harmless criminal offense however it leads to fines jail time and humiliation. Likewise a shoplifting arrest and conviction remains on your record and can influence future job opportunities.
The Mississippi code specifies shoplifting as willfully and illegally seizing any merchandise owned or held available for sale by a seller or store with the intent to take that product without paying. Its commonly difficult to iron out attempted theft with a sincere error so Mississippi law is detailed. Shoplifting conceals the unpurchased merchandise gets rid of unpurchased product from a shop modifies transfers or eliminates cost tags attached to the unpurchased goods or any kind of tag or device utilized in electronic surveillance of unpurchased goods transfers the unpurchased merchandise from one container to another or causes the cash register to show less than the merchandises stated price for the unpurchased merchandise.
The proof offered to develop price or ownership of the merchandise consists of where the merchandise was shown the content of the cost tag or correctly recognized photographs of the product. The seller needs to testify to the stated cost or possession of the product. They have no reason to lie so their statement can seal your sentence.
Here are the penalty guidelines:.
Value of product is $1000 or less: A first or 2nd shoplifting sentence is a misdemeanor with a fine of $1000 or less jail time in the county jail for as much as 6 months or both. Both fine and jail time occurs when the court reasons the transgressor can not be supervised will not submit to treatment or presents a considerable risk to public safety. Otherwise the court can suspend the jail sentence and impose a 1 year or less probation period a fine of $1000 or less or both.
If the goods worth is between $500-$ 1000 and its a 3rd or more shoplifting conviction the defendant can be guilty of a felony and fined up to $1000 imprisonment for as much as 3 years or both. When the worth of the product is in between $1000-5000 its a grand larceny felony which brings as much as a 5-year sentence in the state penitentiary as much as 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 as much as ten years a fine of up to $10000 or both. Its additionally a felony if the goods worth mores than $25000 and is additionally penalized as grand larceny and prison time of up to twenty years a penalty of up to $10000 or both. Only convictions from the past 7 years are considered when determining the gravity of the infraction.
Shoplifting is taken seriously by the State of Mississippi and can cost you money liberty and employment. Joey Franks is a seasoned shoplifting criminal defense attorney and will work to obtain an outcome that does not affect your future. Call him at (601) 773-7777.
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