State v. Amsden

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

In this appeal from a grant of a new trial in a prosecution for first-degree theft, we construe section 714.3, The Code 1979:

Value. The value of property is its normal market or exchange value within the community at the time that it is stolen. If money or property is stolen by a series of acts from the same person or location, or from different persons by a series of acts which occur in approximately the same location or time period so that the thefts are attributable to a single scheme, plan or conspiracy, such acts may be considered a single theft and the value may be…