People v. Weir’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “In Soto , the court refused to reclassify theft from an elder victim ( [Pen. Code,] § 368, subd. (d) ) under [Penal Code] section 490.2 because it was a 'theft-plus' offense that required the additional necessary elements that the victim be an elder or dependent adult and the defendant knew or reasonably should have known that fact. ( Soto , at pp. 823-824, 233 Cal.Rptr.3d 515 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Hernandez

2. “section 490.2 does not automatically extend to 'any course of conduct that happens to include obtaining property by theft worth less than $950. ' ( Soto , at p. 823, 233 Cal.Rptr.3d 515 [.] )”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Hernandez

3. “addressed the ineligibility of aggravated forms of theft for reclassification under Proposition 47.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Hernandez