State v. Baldwin

Jeanne Baldwin was found guilty of three counts of identity theft and two counts of forgery. The trial court imposed an exceptional sentence premised on the crimes being “major economic offenses” because Baldwin had utilized a complicated scheme to purchase a home and several automobiles with the stolen identities. Baldwin’s central argument is that her convictions for both identity theft and forgery violate double jeopardy principles. We disagree, and affirm because the offenses involved different victims.

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Baldwin, representing herself as “Kaytie Allshouse,” purchased a house, forging…