Grand larceny and the “intent to steal”

If you are charged with grand larceny in Mississippi, the prosecution must show that the defendant had animus furandi or “intent to steal”.  To prove “animus furandi”, the prosecution needs to prove intent to deprive the owner of his property permanently, or an intent to deal with another’s property unlawfully in such a manner as to create an obviously unreasonable risk of permanent deprivation.  Thomas v. State 278 So.2d 469.

 

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