Section 43 Felony Threshold Amounts

• Library: Criminal Code Revision History & Overview 2014

Since the Original Code was enacted, the threshold between misdemeanor stealing and felony stealing has risen from $150 to $500 in several instances. The Revised Code raises this amount to $750 in most cases, retaining the use of a specific threshold amount as the borderline between felony or misdemeanor property offenses. But the General Assembly must take inflation into account in future years and amend these statutes on a regular basis. Methods allowing for automatic adjustments are complicated and prevent crime victims from knowing definitively how the offender will be prosecuted. It would require constant maintenance of a determination of value, tied to the date of the offense.

Under the...