People v. Artis

Opinion

WORK, J.

The People appeal a judgment of dismissal after the court determined an embezzlement by a tenant could not be charged under Penal Code 1 section 484, the general theft statute, because the rule that a specific statute controls over general statutes requires prosecutors to charge such offenses as violations of section 507. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment.

I

After Chester Criton Artis sold a refrigerator he took without permission from the apartment he was renting, he was charged with petty theft with a prior conviction of a theft-related offense. (§§ 484/666.)…