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Hazel HB No. 414
Abstract: Changes the property value amounts for responsive verdicts for theft and attempted
theft to be consistent with the gradations of theft.
Present law provides that the following are responsive verdicts for theft and attempted theft:
guilty of theft or attempted theft of property having a value in excess of $500, property having a
value of less than $500 but more than $300, and property having a value of less than $300.
Proposed law changes present law amounts to be consistent with the crime of theft (R.S. 14:67)
as follows: guilty of theft or attempted theft of property in excess of $1,500, property having a
value of less than $1,500 and more than $500, and property having a value of less than $500.
(Amends C.Cr.P. Art. 814(A)(26) and (27))