Question

1. What legal principle givese Wal-Mart the right to detain Mr. Krakow based on reasonable cause for a reasonable time without any liability, even if Mr. Krakow is not convicted of shoplifting?

A. qualified pricilege

B. absolute privilege

C. shopkeepers' ptivilege

D. partial immunity

E. immunity

2.The employee was charged with nine counts of theft. What is the common law crime that would be allefed and the crimial offsense that most other states would have charged the employee?

A. larceny

B. embezzlement

C. robbery

D. burglary

E. conversion

Answer 1

c. Shopkeeper’s privilege

Shopkeeper’s privilege is the legal principle in which the Wall-mart has the right to detain MR Krakow for a reasonable time without any liability even he is not convicted for shoplifting. Under the shopkeeper's privilege which is legally accepted privilege they have the right to detain for an illegal act or crime.

b. Embezzlement

Embezzlement is the act of theft or withholding assets, by the person whom the assets were entrusted. Fraudulence, conversion, property, lawful possession, all come under the embezzlement and this is the criminal offense that most states would charge the employee.