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California Multiple Criminal Charges for One Crime

By Walin & Klarich

One Crime but Many Charges? Why You Must Have A Criminal Defense Lawyer How can the government charge many crimes when it's only one event? It?s done everyday. They will say it?s different theories of the same event. An example is the recent California case of People v. Kevefrick. The defendant in that case forged documents to take the victims money. She also did burglaries, that is she entered buildings to complete the forgery and thefts. On this theory she could be found guilty on three charges, for each time she went into a building, forged a document, and took money. There is good news. Three charges doesn?t mean three times the penalty. The defendant could only be punished for one of the three offenses. That?s because she only had a single criminal intent ? to take the victims money...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on March 29, 2009 (boomark / email).