State v. Pettengill

Like State v. Savastano, 243 Or App 584, 260 P3d 529 (2011), this case raises the question of whether the prosecution violated Article I, section 20, of the Oregon Constitution by aggregating several theft offenses without using a systematic, consistently applied policy. We conclude that defendant did not carry her burden of establishing that the prosecution violated the constitution as she alleges. We therefore affirm.

Between June 2005 and June 2007, defendant worked in her employer’s accounting department. After she left the company, her supervisor received information leading her to…