By: Derek Hawkins//December 27, 2018//
WI Court of Appeals – District III
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Michael A. Cefalu
Case No.: 2017AP1193-CR
Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.
Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence
Following a bench trial, Michael Cefalu was convicted of attempted theft by fraud, as a party to the crime, of property worth over $5000 but not more than $10,000. Cefalu now appeals his judgment of conviction, along with an order denying his motion for reconsideration of the guilty verdict. He argues the evidence at trial was insufficient to support his conviction, and he also contends the circuit court improperly determined that the value of the property in question exceeded $5000. We reject these arguments and affirm.