The following situations are similar (all involve the theft of Makoto’s laptop c

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The following situations are similar (all involve the theft of Makoto’s laptop computer), yet they represent different crimes. Identify the three crimes, noting the differences among them.
1 While passing Makoto’s house one night, Sarah see a laptop computer left unattended on Makoto’s porch. Sarah takes the computer, carries it home, and tells everyone she owns it.
2 While passing Makoto’s house one night, Sarah sees Makoto outside with a laptop computer. Holding Makoto at gunpoint, Sarah forces him to give up the computer. Then Sarah runs away with it.
3 While passing Makoto’s house one night, Sarah sees a laptop computer on a desk near a window. Sarah breaks the lock on the front door, enters, and leaves with the computer.

Explanation / Answer

1. Sarah has wrongfully taken and carried away the personal prop¬erty of another with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of such prop¬erty. She has committed the crime of larceny. 2.Sarah has unlawfully and forcibly taken the personal property of an¬other. She has committed the crime of robbery. 3. Sarah has broken and entered a dwelling with the intent to com¬mit a felony. She has committed the crime of burglary. Differences : Burglary requires breaking and entering into a building without the use of force against a person. Robbery does not involve any breaking and entering, but force is required. Larceny is the taking of per¬sonal property without force and without breaking and entering into a build¬ing. Because force is used, robbery is considered the most serious of these crimes and carries the most severe penalties. Larceny involves no force or threat to human life; therefore, it carries the least severe penalty of the three. Burglary, because it involves breaking and entering, frequently where people live, carries a lesser penalty than robbery but a greater penalty than larceny

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