State v. Allison

On April 8, 1996, the defendant, Dewey Allison, stole a wallet from John Kendeigh’s locker at a fitness center and used Ken-deigh’s credit card to make purchases at five different stores in a shopping mall. None of the individual purchases exceeded $1000 in value although in the aggregate they did. On May 13,1996, the defendant stole a wallet from Victor Barrera’s locker and used Barrera’s credit card to make purchases at three stores. Again, none of the individual purchases exceeded $1000 in value but cumulatively they did.

The defendant was arrested and charged with two felony violations of…