Legal Opinion
Daugherty, Tonya Jean
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 9, 2013No. PD-1717-11PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
in which KELLER, P.J. and PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, and ALCALA, JJ., joined.
Appellant signed a construction-service contract with a general contractor to build out office space for her and her husband’s window-tinting company. Appellant wrote a $1,657 check as a deposit. The rest of the approximately $48,000 contract price was not due until the project was completed. At that time, however, appellant no longer had the money to pay the contractual debt. She gave the contractor an “insufficient funds” check. A jury convicted her of theft of services for obtaining the contractor’s service by…
3Cases cited12 opinions
- Gollihar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
- Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Peterson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Swope v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Cortez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
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