Receiving stolen property is defined by statute in most states. Generally it consists of four elements: (1) the property must be received; (2) it must have been previously stolen; (3) the person receiving the property must know it was stolen; and (4) the receiver must intend to deprive...
Penal Code 496 PC is the California statute that makes it a crime knowingly to receive the stolen property. 1 California Criminal Jury Instruction “CALCRIM” 1750 spells out the elements of receiving stolen property. For you to be convicted of violating PC 496, prosecutors must prove the ...
What the decision has now confirmed is the role of the US National Stolen Property Act (NSPA) 2 as an increasingly powerful tool against the flow of foreign-claimed antiquities into the United States. In tracing the path of the Schultz case, a question emerges: Did the federal appeals ...