State v. Knutz

¶1 — Lisa Renee Knutz appeals her jury conviction and exceptional sentence for first degree theft with aggravating factors. She argues that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury more specifically on the “reliance” element of first degree theft, failing to give a Petrich1 unanimity instruction, and imposing a clearly excessive sentence. We affirm.

FACTS

I. Theft by Fraud from Senior Citizen

¶2 Robert J. Von Gruenigen is a retired music professor from Ohio State University. In 2005, at age 75, Von *399Gruenigen moved to an “assisted living home” in Seattle. I Verbatim Report of…