State v. Wright

CALABRIA, Judge.

Thomas E. Wright (“defendant”) appeals judgments entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of three counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. We find no error.

I. Background

Defendant was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and the president of The Community’s Health Foundation, Inc. (“the Foundation”). In the spring of 2002, defendant approached Ronnie Burbank (“Burbank”), a commercial lender with Coastal Federal Bank, and requested a loan to purchase property at 926 North 4th Street in Wilmington, North Carolina for the Foundation. Defendant…