State v. Nelson

HANSON, Judge.

This consolidated appeal by defendant, John E. Nelson, is from his conviction and sentence on 17 counts of embezzling corporate funds as alleged in two separate indictments. Two other indictments containing a corresponding number of counts charging the crime of malfeasance in corporate affairs were also submitted to the jury as lesser included offenses. The indictments conjointly charged defendant Nelson, Lester W. Flake, John Verhoef [or Chan Duncan], Adolph Preheim, Ivil Lookabill, and Vernon H. Rude with such crimes. For various reasons the indictments were dismissed as to…