Zarate v. People

Zarate, defendant below, was convicted by a jury of obtaining money in the sum of $332 from Mrs. Annie Elizondo, the complaining witness, by the false pretense that he was an attorney at law.

Mrs. Elizondo, the victim, testified that she gave various sums of money to the defendant over at least a six-month period for two purposes: (1) As defendant’s fee for services in the handling of some of victim’s affairs, including the securing of a loan on real estate, and (2) to pay, for complaining witness and her husband, federal income taxes which were past due. The jury found the amount to be $332,…