State v. McCormick

BERNSTEIN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for Grand Theft rendered against the Petitioner on January 26, 1967. The facts of the case are as follows:

Petitioner, an attorney, became “Supreme President” of Alianza, a fraternal society, in 1962. Alianza is a mutual benefit society which provides a type of life insurance for its Spanish speaking membership. Petitioner was charged with embezzling funds from the Society during 1962 and 1963, whereupon he resigned.

On May 19, 1966, an indictment was filed in the Superior Court of Pima County charging Petitioner with 14 counts of Grand…