Legal Opinion
Stratacos v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 11, 2013No. S12G0548PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NAHMIAS, Justice.
We granted certiorari to decide whether the Court of Appeals erred in Stratacos v. State, 312 Ga. App. 783, 786-787 (720 SE2d 256) (2011), by holding that a felony conviction for theft by deception based *402on a defendant’s failure to fully perform services as promised, see OCGA § 16-8-3 (a) and (b) (5), could stand absent proof of the value of the work actually performed by the defendant. Based on statutory text and precedent that the Court of Appeals overlooked, we conclude that the Court of Appeals did err: Where a defendant is charged under OCGA § 16-8-3 (a) and (b) (5) for…
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