People v. Patton

JUDGE DUNN, concurring in part and dissenting in part.

¶ 47 Using a cancelled debit card and a false override code, defendant James Edward Patton convinced Ultimate Electronics to approve the debit purchase of electronic equipment worth over $8000. The evidence of Patton's criminal transaction was fairly overwhelming, with one caveat. Patton was not notified in person or in writing that the debit card he used to accomplish his financial shenanigans was cancelled, as required by the statute.1 In the absence of in person or in writing notice, the majority concludes telephonic notice sufficed.…