Barron v. State

OPINION

Appellants Barbara Lynch Barron and Carol Lynn Tomlinson were convicted of multiple counts of embezzlement and obtaining money under false pretenses, and one count of racketeering arising out of their conduct as loan brokers at the failed mortgage brokerage firm of Lemons and Associates. Appellants submit: (1) that the district court erred by not properly instructing the jury; (2) that improper jury instructions resulted in parallel convictions for embezzlement and obtaining money by false pretenses; and (3) that the district attorney engaged in such numerous instances of prosecutorial…