People v. Navarro
Appellate Department of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
160 Cal.Rptr. 692 (1979)
Relevant factsFree
Navarro took four wooden beams from a construction site and was convicted of petty theft after the trial court instructed the jury that his good-faith belief the beams were abandoned or that he had permission to take them would excuse him only if that belief was reasonable, rejecting his proposed instruction that an honest belief, reasonable or not, would suffice.
IssueFree
Whether a mistake of fact is a defense to a specific intent crime even if the mistake was unreasonable.