He and the other defendants are not accused of taking the money for their personal use.
A third is that what the defendants are accused of doing, everybody does.
A key issue in the case is the judge's decision not to include evidence that the defendant was accused of a similar crime years before.
The defendant had been accused on several counts of rape.
Originally the four defendants had been accused of 144 separate charges.
Where perhaps a defendant has been a passenger and is not accused of reckless driving.
The defendants are also accused of trying to repeat the arrangement for the 1985-86 holiday period.
The defendants are accused of setting up a $3,000 private fund in March 1985 with money they stole from a drug suspect.
The two defendants are accused of conspiracy to commit computer fraud.
The defendants are also accused of setting the April 19 fire that destroyed their compound.