usmcbrooks said:

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2%er/New Army said:

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lethalninja said:

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Yeah, this guy's an idiot, but even the church whose flag he burned didn't want him to go to prison, so the prosecutors should have taken that into consideration instead of asking for the maximum sentence (even if the prosecutors wouldn't offer him probation, they still could have asked for a lesser sentence than the maximum). Also, this guy had two prior felony convictions, one drug related and one theft related, so that's not a bunch of priors.

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I'm all for redemption and certainly no saint but if you have two felonies and are dumb enough to commit any other crime outside of traffic violations. Come on man.

Felony theft isn't stealing tic tacs from a gas station.

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What constitutes felony theft? Is it not felony theft to steal an American flag from my front porch? Isn't there a specific dollar amount attached to felony theft?

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All depends I believe. And I'm sure some small forms still constitute as a felony but my point remains.

(4) a state jail felony if:

(A) the value of the property stolen is $2,500 or more but less than $30,000, or the property is less than 10 head of sheep, swine, or goats or any part thereof under the value of $30,000;

(B) regardless of value, the property is stolen from the person of another or from a human corpse or grave, including property that is a military grave marker;

(C) the property stolen is a firearm, as defined by Section 46.01;

(D) the value of the property stolen is less than $2,500 and the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times of any grade of theft;

(E) the property stolen is an official ballot or official carrier envelope for an election; or

(F) the value of the property stolen is less than $20,000 and the property stolen is:

(i) aluminum;

(ii) bronze;

(iii) copper; or

(iv) brass

The lowest degree of felony theft in Texas, where he committed his two prior felonies. That's from the current statute, so it might have been different when he committed theft