People v. Kunkin
Supreme Court of California
507 P.2d 1392 (Cal. 1973)
Relevant factsFree
A former attorney general's office employee, no longer employed there, gave a confidential undercover-agent roster to a newspaper reporter without payment and later demanded its return, which the newspaper refused before publishing it, and the paper's editor, reporter, and publication were charged with receiving stolen property despite no evidence they knew the source no longer worked for the office or was otherwise unauthorized to give it away.
IssueFree
Whether, for purposes of the crime of larceny, property is stolen if the accused intended to permanently deprive the rightful owner of the property.