Is a reduction in the penalty for obtaining any property by stealing sufficient property sufficient to satisfy the purpose of reducing the punishment for the crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Howard, 2d Crim. No. B293360 (Cal. App. 2019):
"Proposition 47 directed that the text of the initiative 'shall be broadly construed to accomplish its purposes' and 'shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.' " (People v. Romanowski (2017) 2 Cal.5th 903, 909.) Reducing the punishment for theft crimes is consistent with that remedial purpose. (Ibid.)
The language "obtaining any property" by theft in Penal Code section 490.2 shows a broad and inclusive intent. It
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