Comments on: Larceny of a Motor Vehicle http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/?p=3354 UNC School of Government Blog Thu, 23 May 2013 20:55:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Prosecutor http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/?p=3354&cpage=1#comment-7542 Prosecutor Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:44:46 +0000 http://sogweb.sog.unc.edu/blogs/ncclaw/?p=3354#comment-7542 More examples are, “Larceny pursuant to B&E,” and “Larceny of a Firearm.” Larceny is Larceny is Larceny, regardless of what makes it a felony.

]]> By: Chris http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/?p=3354&cpage=1#comment-7534 Chris Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:01:30 +0000 http://sogweb.sog.unc.edu/blogs/ncclaw/?p=3354#comment-7534 In the second paragraph, I edited out a sentence. Now it sounds more confusing. What I meant to say was that our state, and many others, consider stealing from cars a type of burglary, but UCR considers it a type of larceny.

]]> By: Chris http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/?p=3354&cpage=1#comment-7533 Chris Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:58:11 +0000 http://sogweb.sog.unc.edu/blogs/ncclaw/?p=3354#comment-7533 Jeff, the current statewide warrant system, NCAWARE, makes distinctions for many offenses that are not a seperate statute, so that it will facilitate wording the the charge correctly. Also, federal UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting) guidelines have always drawn a distinction for larceny of a motor vehicle.

State statutes are typically out of step with UCR guidelines. Our state, and many others, considers that a type of burglary, but UCR considers it a type of larceny.

Then, there’s the distinction between motor vehicles and other vehicles that can get lots of people confused. So, I’m all for keeping it simple and leaving virtually all thefts under a single statute.

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