Question

In a jewelry store, April takes a diamond ring from the counter and puts it in her pocket. She walks three steps toward the door before the manager stops her. April is arrested and charged with larceny. She will likely be ______.

Answer 1

She will likely be convicted.

Explanation:

The result of a criminal prosecution that concludes in a judgment, that the accused is guilty of the claimed crime. The expressions conviction and convicted refer to the final decision on a guilty verdict, a plea of culpable. To be accused with a felony simply means that an individual has been officially accused with a crime by the Police.

A person charged with a criminal offence is Innocent by statute until the court receive the evidence to declare an individual as guilty of an act, thus termed as convicted as here in given case April is likely to be convicted.