Section 620

Citation: Section 620
Parent Document: State v. Larson, 605 N.W.2d 706 (2000)
Jurisdiction: Minnesota (state)
Effective Date: 2000-02-03
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1965076/state-v-larson/ ↗

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[Prosecutor]: Now intent — criminal intent. You heard from the defendant his financial status, and you heard it on at least three different occasions. On December 11, 1992, on January 10, 1994, and January 10, 1995, he was earning an annual salary of $186,599.00. He had no obligation to pay out of his own pocket the money back to his customers. He had no obligation because he already had the money. His customers had already given him — Southwest Leasing — the money. It was that money that he used, and if you remember his testimony, he used that money to underwrite the speculative investments in the former Soviet Union. It’s analogous, ladies and gentlemen, to taking that money and flying to Las Vegas and gambling it. Mr. Larson said, gee I intended to pay it back. Well, everyone that goes to Las Vegas intends to win money, but does he have the criminal intent. He took it. He admitted to that. Well, ladies and gentlemen, what motivated Frank Larson, a wealthy man, to take that money. Two things. If the doors to Southwest Leasing remained open, he wouldn’t lose money, and secondly, why gamble with your own money when you have someone else’s money to gamble with. No risk to him. It’s a risk to his customers * ⅜ * [a]ll the calls that they placed trying to get their money hack. Their calls reside in this courtroom. Will you hear their calls when you go back into the jury room for deliberation. They can't afford it. They can't afford to sue [appellant] to gel their money back. 9 . See 26 UCLA L.Rev. 396, 399-401 (1978); see also Milton Freidman, Friedman on Leases

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