State v. Benton

Ellington, Judge.

By accusation, the State of Georgia charged Jessie Benton with theft by conversion, OCGA § 16-8-4 (a). Assisted by counsel, Benton reached an agreement with the prosecutor to plead guilty. After the prosecutor described the factual basis for Benton’s guilty plea, the Superior Court of Bibb County determined that the facts as alleged could not support a conviction for theft by conversion because there was no allegation that Benton had agreed to make a specified disposition of the subject property, as required to prove that offense. Based on this determination, the trial court…