Patterson v. State

MlKELL, Judge.

A Chatham County jury found James Patterson, Jr., a mortgage consultant, guilty of eight counts of theft by taking money from people to obtain mortgages or make down payments, failing to do so, and then failing to return their money. Patterson, who represented himself at trial but was represented by counsel at the sentencing hearing, was sentenced to twenty years, with eight to serve, on the first two counts, plus ten years’ probation on Counts 3 and 5 through 8, to be served concurrently. On Count 4, a misdemeanor, he was sentenced to 12 months’ probation. He also was ordered…