State v. Maxon

Johnson, J.:

Christopher and Jodi Maxon were each convicted of two counts of theft and one count of mistreatment of a dependent adult. They appeal, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and the imposition of Christopher s upward dispositional departure sentence. We affirm the mistreatment of a dependent adult convictions but reverse the theft convictions, thereby rendering the sentencing question moot.

The scenario presented is one in which the defendants took unfair advantage of the vulnerability of an elderly, recently-widowed woman for the defendants’ personal and financial gain. The…