18 V. Pelz Case Study

This case was categorized under the criminal law, because the defendant was against the Crown. Pelz, 18, was caught taking a bag of chips worth $1.89 on May of 2001, and was charged for theft under. After failing to appear for fingerprinting and two court dates, along with a previous unpaid fine of $55 from another theft under crime, Pelz appeared at court. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 days in prison, but soon applied for a bail and appealed by stating that his sentence was excessive.
At the bail hearing, the legal question of whether or not the sentencing for Pelz’s trivial crime was worth two months in jail. The judge ultimately concluded that it was not worth it and released Pelz with a fine of $500 and a temporary ban from