(a)Every person who feloniously steals, takes, carries, leads, or drives away any horse, mare, gelding, any bovine animal, any caprine animal, mule, jack, jenny, sheep, lamb, hog, sow, boar, gilt, barrow, or pig, which is the personal property of another, or who fraudulently appropriates that same property which has been entrusted to him or her, or who knowingly and designedly, by any false or fraudulent representation or pretense, defrauds any other person of that
same property, or who causes or procures others to report falsely of his or her wealth or mercantile character and by thus imposing upon any person, obtains credit and thereby fraudulently gets or obtains possession of that same property, is guilty of grand theft.
(b)Every person who shall feloniously steal, take, transport or carry the carcass of any bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or suine animal or of any mule, jack or jenny, which is the personal property of another, or who shall fraudulently appropriate such property which has been entrusted to him or her, is guilty of grand theft.
(c)Every person who shall feloniously steal, take, transport, or carry any portion of the carcass of any bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or suine animal or of any mule, jack, or jenny, which has been killed without the consent of the owner thereof, is guilty of grand theft.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1962–2016 · leading case:
People v. Mesa, 50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 875 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006).
People v. Mesa, 50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 875 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006).
· cites it 2× “(Pen.Code, § 487a.) In a bifurcated proceeding Mesa admitted he had suffered a prior serious or violent felony conviction (for attempted murder) that constituted a strike within the meaning of the Three Strikes law.”
People v. Solis, 200 Cal. Rptr. 3d 463 (Cal. Ct. App. 2d 2016).
“(b)(1) ; see § 487, subd. (b)(2) [$250 worth of aquacultural products from a commercial or research operation].”
People v. Gardner, 90 Cal. App. 3d 42 (Cal. Ct. App. 1979).
· cites it 2× “On an information charging defendants with five separate counts of grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487a: felonious theft of the carcass of a hog), three counts of criminal trespass (Pen.”
People v. Keller, 76 Cal. App. 3d 827 (Cal. Ct. App. 1978).
“In 1962 Keller slaughtered a steer on a friend’s ranch and pleaded guilty to grand theft, stealing a carcass (Pen. Code, § 487a, subd. (b)). No other criminal activity appears on his record.”
People v. Navarro, 41 Cal. Rptr. 3d 164 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006).
“3 Donna Navarro was charged with three counts of grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487a), two counts of receiving stolen property (Pen.”
People v. Schnaible, 165 Cal. App. 3d 275 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985).
“A subsequent information filed on September 23, 1982, charged Schnaible with two counts of grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487a, subd. (a)), two counts of burglary (Pen.”
People v. Smith, 42 Cal. App. 3d 706 (Cal. Ct. App. 1974).
“, Penal Code sections 487a (livestock), 487d (gold dust, amalgam and quicksilver), 487g (dogs).”
People v. Solis (Cal. Ct. App. 2016).
“For example, every theft of a “hog, sow, boar, gilt, barrow, or pig” was designated grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487a), as was theft of “gold dust, amalgam, or quicksilver” from “any mining claim, tunnel, sluice, undercurrent, riffle box, or sulfurate machine” (Pen.”
People v. Smith CA2/3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2016).
“For example, every theft of a “hog, sow, boar, gilt, barrow, or pig” was designated grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487a), as was theft of “gold dust, amalgam, or quicksilver” from “any mining claim, tunnel, sluice, undercurrent, riffle box, or sulfurate machine” (Pen.”
People v. Adams, 206 Cal. App. 2d 614 (Cal. Ct. App. 1962).
“which has been killed without the consent of the owner” (Pen. Code, § 487a, subd. (b)). Defendants argue that the evidence is insufficient to establish that the heifer was killed without the owner’s consent.”
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