Questão jurídica principal
Whether the value of a stolen bank card is determined by the account balance or by the card itself
Decisão extraída
For theft and appropriation analysis, the bank card’s value is assessed by the card itself, not by the account balance it references.
Fundamentação extraída
A bank card only identifies the authorized account holder and does not itself embody the account assets; treating the account balance as the object of appropriation would impermissibly extend theft law.