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CALCRIM No. 1862

Return of Property Not a Defense to Theft (Pen. Code,

activein force · 2019-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

§§ 512, 513)

If you conclude that the People have proved that the defendant

committed <insert charged theft crime>, the return or offer

to return (some/all) of the property wrongfully obtained is not a defense

to that charge.

New January 2006; Revised October 2010

Provenance

Source
courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
calcrim-2019
Content hash
e4370f33b62ea7b0f7b1f70b43fe2c87e5616a4d2a19f5746fa4c5f502ce7d66
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