State v. Jeffcoat

Ness, Justice:

Appellants Jeffcoat and Hutchinson were convicted of five counts of obtaining property or signatures by false pretenses and one count of conspiracy to obtain property or signatures by false pretenses. Jeffcoat was also convicted of three counts of breach of trust with fraudulent intent. Jeffcoat was fined and sentenced to a total of fifteen years; Hutchinson was fined and sentenced to three months actual confinement and five years probation. We affirm.

In April 1979, appellant Jeffcoat contracted to purchase certain land from Gibson-Wall Partnership for $2,030,000.00. The…