Wray v. State

Ness, Chief Justice:

Petitioner was convicted in Horry County of 37 counts of breach of trust with fraudulent intent. His application for post conviction relief was denied, and this Court granted certiorari to review the decision of the circuit court. We affirm.

Petitioner was involved with several others in a scheme to lease and re-lease tobacco allotments to farmers in the Horry County area. The plan fell apart when the group failed to lease sufficient acres of tobacco allotments to satisfy the commitments they had sold to farmers. The transactions spanned a period of several months, involved…