B LAW 220 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Consolidated Laws Of New York, Shoplifting, Larceny
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Let"s take a closer look at how to thoroughly apply case law to identify and analyze legal issues. Any legal analysis assignment requires applying the law to the facts of your case in order to answer the questions posed in your legal issues. As we"ve learned previously, legal issues consist of the elements necessary to a cause of action, along with the material facts required to fulfill or prove each of those elements. Now, this analysis is relatively straightforward when we can reference a specific rule or statute because they"re written in such a way that the elements are clearly set out for us. A person steals property and commits larceny when, with intent to deprive another he wrongfully takes, obtains or withholds such property from an owner thereof. To obtain a conviction, the prosecution argues that facts a and b show the wrongful taking of.
