Rhode Island Larceny Lawyer
Larceny Defense Lawyer
If you have been charged with a larceny, you should contact criminal defense attorney Michael J. Zarrella right away. Attorney Zarrella can explain the charges against you, the possible defense options, and the punishments for larceny. As an experienced Rhode Island larceny lawyer Attorney Zarrella has had numerous larceny cases dismissed or reduced to lesser charges. Attorney Zarrella knows that any sentence imposed on a larceny charge would change your life forever. Attorney Zarrella will fight not only to keep you out of jail but to protect you from having a criminal record.
What is a Larceny charge?
Larceny is a crime involving the wrongful acquisition of the personal property of another person. Larceny is a serious crime under Rhode Island law, and the penalties can be unusually strict. A first offense larceny charge is considered a felony if the item stolen is valued at over $500. Any larceny charge of items worth under $500 is still a serious misdemeanor criminal charge.
There are many defenses to the crime of larceny including the following:
a factual denial of an assertion of facts or law that counters or negates a claim made by the the State of Rhode lsland.
Attorney Zarrella will fight to defend your rights and freedom, if you are charged with the crime of larceny or any other crime.
Should I hire a Larceny Attorney?
I represent clients charged with a range of theft crimes, including shoplifting, credit card theft, larceny, embezzelment, burglary, looting, robbery, and fraud. As an accomplished theft attorney, I will always try to get the charges dismissed, but if that is not possible, I will attempt to limit the damage to my clients. This can be done in many different ways, such as having the charge reduced to a lesser charge and/or plead a client out to sentences that will allow him or her the ability to quickly expunge the case off their record. For instance, throughout my legal career I have had numerous felony theft charges reduced to misdemeanors saving clients from felony convictions and from all of the consequences resulting from a felony conviction.
Rhode Island Penalites for Larceny
SECTION 11-41-5
§ 11-41-5 Penalties for larceny. – (a) Any person convicted of any offense under §§ 11-41-1 – 11-41-6, except § 11-41-3, if the value of the property or money stolen, received, embezzled, fraudulently appropriated, converted, or obtained, received, taken, or secreted by false pretenses or otherwise with intent to cheat, defraud, embezzle, or fraudulently convert exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), or if the property is a firearm as defined in § 11-47-5.1, regardless of its value, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both. If the value of the property or money does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500), the person shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both. Any person convicted of an offense under § 11-41-2 who shall be found to have knowingly obtained the property from a person under eighteen (18) years of age, notwithstanding the value of the property, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
(b) Any person convicted of an offense in violation of §§ 11-41-1 – 11-41-7, except § 11-41-3, which involves a victim who is a person sixty-five (65) years of age or older at the time of the offense and which involves property or money stolen, received, embezzled, fraudulently appropriated, converted, or obtained, received, taken, or secreted by false pretenses or otherwise with intent to cheat, defraud, embezzle, or fraudulently convert, with a value in excess of five hundred dollars ($500), shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two (2) years but not more than fifteen (15) years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both. If the value of the property or money does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500), the person shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year but not more than five (5) years or by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or both.
§ 11-41-6 Attempted larceny. – Whoever attempts to commit larceny by doing any act toward the commission of the offense, but fails in its perpetration, shall, unless otherwise provided, suffer the same punishment which might have been inflicted if the attempted offense had been committed.
§ 11-41-7 Larceny from the person. –Every person who shall steal or attempt to steal from the person of another anymoney, goods, chattels, or other article enumerated in § 11-41-1, shall be imprisoned not less than one year nor more than ten (10) years.
Defend yourself from a charge of larceny, contact attorney Michael J. Zarrella, now!