State v. Hubbard

Hubbard appeals from a judgment convicting him of six counts of felony issuance of worthless checks, contrary to § 943.24(2), STATS. Hubbard claims that six of the charges are multiplicitous. He argues that the legislature intended that any number of worthless checks for less than $1,000 each issued within a fifteen-day period, regardless of their aggregate value so long as it exceeds $1,000, constitutes but one felony. We conclude, however, that the allowable unit of prosecution under § 943.24(2) is a group of checks having a total value of more than $1,000, and thus these charges are not…