Which of the Following Is Most Likely a Prosecutable Offense

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is most likely a prosecutable offense of "larceny"?

• A) Tom walks through an apple orchard and plucks six apples from Meilin's tree, eats one of them, and puts the rest in his backpack.
• B) Tom walks through Meilin's apple orchard and picks up six apples lying on the ground, eats one of them, and puts the rest in his backpack.
• C) Tom borrows Kahil's convertible without permission to go to the supermarket and returns it within half an hour.
• D) Helen sees Imad's new iPad in their college classroom, picks it up and starts playing with it while Imad is taking a break. He returns five minutes later and she has somehow changed the settings so that he must call Apple's help line to reset factory settings. Helen apologizes.

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