Delaware · Delaware Code — Title 11, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Del. Code (Title 11) § 856: Theft, receiving stolen property no defense; receiving stolen property, theft no defense; conviction of both offenses
What this law says, in plain English
This statute clarifies that in theft or receiving stolen property prosecutions, one offense is not a defense to the other. A person cannot be convicted of both crimes for the same transaction.
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