Petty theft up to 1,000 rubles committed by an administratively punished person: is there a basis for criminal proceedings according to art. 158.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation?

The article examines the issue of petty theft in the amount of up to one thousand rubles committed by a person subjected to administrative punishment under part 2 of the Art. 7.27 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, from the position of sufficiency to initiate criminal proceedings under Art. 158.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Approaches presented in the legal literature to solving the problem are shown. Based on the study of judicial practice, the author reveals the cases of misinterpretation and misapplication of the law, which unreasonably exclude the prosecution of persons who committed a crime under Art. 158.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.