People v. Pak

Opinion

COLLINS, J.—

This appeal presents the question of which value is relevant in determining whether the burglary of a pawn shop achieved through pawning stolen goods is reducible to misdemeanor shoplifting under Proposition 47: the value of the stolen goods pawned, or the value of the property obtained in exchange. The trial court concluded that the value of the stolen goods pawned was the key consideration and denied appellant Jane Jeoungmi Pak’s application to designate her burglary conviction as a misdemeanor on that basis. We disagree with the trial court’s analysis. In a commercial…