State v. Henry

No. 119,895 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. SAMUEL HENRY, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. A series of larcenous acts, regardless of the amount and value of the separate parcels or articles taken, and regardless of the time occupied in the performance, may and will constitute, in contemplation of law, a single larceny, provided the several acts are done pursuant to a single impulse and in execution of a general fraudulent scheme. 2. The single larceny doctrine is a rule of evidence, not a rule of law, which permits but does not require the trier…