618 So. 2d 616 - State v. Ellis’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “[o]ne who takes the property of another, intending at the time of the taking to permanently deprive the owner of that property, is nonetheless guilty of the crime of theft though she later, becoming frightened or having a change of heart, decides to return it and does so.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 965 So. 2d 959 - State v. Bowers · Morris v. Dillard Department Stores, Inc.