State v. Schroeder

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

This case arises on petition for review from a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, which reversed the district court’s double jeopardy dismissal of a Saline County attempted theft by deception charge against defendant Matthias Schroeder, Jr.

Schroeder was first charged in Norton County with forgery and theft by deception. The State alleged he stole 47 cows from Norton Livestock by giving a forged check for purchase of the cattle.

A few days after the Norton County transaction, several of the stolen cows were brought to Farmers and Ranchers…