State v. Lingwall

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for grand theft (SDCL 22-30A-17). We affirm.

1. PACTS

On May 31, 1985, defendant Darlene Lingwall called Charles Mahan and asked him to cash a check for her. Lingwall had known Mahan for over a year and he had loaned money to her in the past. The check in question was a cashier’s check for $1,800 drawn on the First National Bank in Sioux Falls; it was made payable to the order of Charles Mahan, with Don Lewis Insurance Co. as the remitter.

Mahan expressed some reservations about his cashing of the check, so Lingwall pretended to call the Don Lewis…