Legal Opinion

LAW v. the STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 12, 2019No. A18A1792PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Rickman, Judge.

William Law, Jr. was indicted on 100 counts of criminal conduct related to his financial oversight of his elderly mother's affairs. At trial, he was convicted on 12 of those counts: Count 2 - exploitation of a disabled adult; Count 3 - perjury; Count 4 - using a false document; and Counts 92-100 - nine counts of theft by taking. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Construed in favor of the verdict, the facts as developed at trial show that in late 2006, Law's 88-year old mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and two year's later, Teresa, Law's sister, who had been…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  2. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  3. Hampton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  4. Hines v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  5. Carter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984

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