State v. Steffes’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “¶11 Steffes was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to commit theft by fraud. The court sentenced him to two years in prison followed by thirty months of extended supervision on each count, to be served concurrently. He and the other members of the conspiracy were also ordered to jointly and severally pay the full $28,061.41 loss in restitution to AT&T. Steffes appealed his conviction to the court of appeals and argued: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction because no”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Matthew R. Steffes

2. “the offender 'intentionally deceiv[e]' the victim 'with a false 5 Steffes also alleged that he was entitled to resentencing and that the circuit court issued erroneous jury instructions. Steffes does not raise his sentencing claim before this court. As for the jury instruction issue, we address that in footnote 7, infra, of this opinion. 7 No. 11AP691 representation . . . known to be false, made with intent to defraud.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Matthew R. Steffes

3. “[T]he market value to the telephone company of the services [fraudulently obtained] is the correct measure of the value of the stolen property in this case. . . . The undisputed evidence is that the phone company lost over $26,000 in billable services——i.e. applied electricity . . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Matthew R. Steffes