California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jonathan H. (In re Jonathan H.), A135972 (Cal. App. 2013):
The juvenile court found that defendant committed seven counts of petty theft. The elements of petty theft are the following: "(1) the defendant took possession of personal property owned by someone else; (2) the defendant did so without the owner's consent; (3) when the defendant took the property, he or she intended to deprive the owner of it permanently; and (4) the defendant moved the property, even a small distance, and kept it for any period of time, however brief." (People v. Catley (2007) 148 Cal.App.4th 500, 505.)
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