People v. J.L.

Opinion

BAKER, J.

A minor student, appellant J.L., stole another student’s cell phone out of a school locker. The juvenile court found J.L. committed burglary in violation of Penal Code section 459. After the passage of Proposition 47 in November 2014, J.L. petitioned to change his juvenile felony burglary offense to a misdemeanor shoplifting offense under newly enacted section 459.5. We consider whether J.L.’s theft of the phone from the school locker was a theft from a “commercial establishment” such that it is eligible for reclassification as misdemeanor shoplifting under section 459.5.

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