State v. Crestani

OPINION

GARFF, Judge:

Defendant/appellant, James V. Crestani, appeals his conviction of four counts of second degree felony theft and denial of his motion for a new trial. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Appellant was the sole stockholder of the Alta Title Company (Alta). On February 10, 1982, appellant opened a commercial money market demand checking account (MMD-2), at Sandy State Bank in Sandy, Utah, on behalf of Alta. MMD-2 was one of several accounts Alta used until it ceased doing business in March 1983. A large amount of money flowed through this account; from March through August…