McClain v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice MOSELEY.

Frank Herbert McClain, Jr., appeals his conviction for theft of trade secrets. 1 McClain was employed for several years by Didrickson Associates, Inc., to repair circuit boards which formed part of the control mechanism for General Electric (GE) gas turbines. When McClain left Didrickson Associates to form his own business, McClain removed approximately 100 backsheets, or circuit diagrams, from the files of Didrickson Associates. McClain later returned the files to Didrickson Associates. Approximately four years later, the State charged McClain with theft of…