Kent, Kevin Lavelle

OPINION

Johnson, J.,.delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court.

An indictment alleged that appellant, a mortgage broker, had committed theft from four named complainants- in an amount exceeding $200,000 and that the thefts occurred over a specified period and were pursuant to one scheme or continuing course 'of -conduct. A jury found him guilty, and the trial court sentenced him to sixty years’ imprisonment and ordered him to pay restitution to the named complainants.

On appeal, appellant alleged reversible jury-charge error. The court of appeals agreed, reversed the trial court’s judgment,…