State v. Morse

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Wyatt Morse agreed to convert Janice Heffron’s second-floor room into a small bathroom. He said his plumbing work would be above and beyond code and that he could complete the project in five weeks for $5,000. After ten weeks, the project was not finished. Morse quit without explanation. He had been paid in excess of $6,000. Afterwards, Janice learned that some of the work he did was faulty. Morse was charged and convicted of theft by deception. On appeal, we reverse because there was insufficient evidence from which a jury could infer that Morse had the intent to…