Assume a person accidentally picks up a credit card that is not theirs and uses the card in several instances. Can the person be charged with multiple violations of a state statute that makes it a crime to “knowingly obtain, possess, use, or transfer a means of identification or financial information of another?”
Credit Card Crime
In a two to three page paper, please discuss the following: Assume a person accidentally picks up a credit card that is not theirs and uses the card in several instances.
Can the person be charged with multiple violations of a state statute that makes it a crime to “knowingly obtain, possess, use, or transfer a means of identification or financial information of another?” Why or why not? See State vs. Leyda, 138 P.3d 610 (Wash. 2006).
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