State v. Mora

— Jesse Mora and his wife, Machalle Mora, were each convicted of 20 counts of theft for depleting Jesse’s widowed mother’s funds from several bank ac*853counts. The Moras contend that the State failed to establish the essential elements of theft. They contend that they were legally entitled to withdraw the funds because their names were on the accounts. In the alternative, they contend that each count of theft by deception must be supported by a separate deceptive act. We hold that the original deception of inducing the mother to make them joint owners of her accounts gave rise to multiple…