Lund v. Commonwealth

Lund (defendant), a Ph.D. student, used university computer time and services without seeking authorization, obtaining keys from other students and taking printout cards from post office boxes, though the head of the statistics department testified Lund would have been authorized had he simply asked; the university valued his usage at roughly $26,000, but the printout cards themselves were worth only the cost of the paper. Lund was convicted of larceny of property and services over $100, and he appealed.