Iqbal v. State

WAYMOND M. BROWN, Judge.

| ¶ This criminal case stems from transactions between the appellant, Zafar Iqbal, and Magness Oil Company, a wholesale and retail distributor of petroleum products. Iqbal was charged with and convicted of theft of property and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment followed by three years’ suspended imposition of sentence. Iqbal seeks reversal of the conviction, arguing that the criminal proceeding was merely an attempt to collect a debt. He further alleges that he was denied his constitutional rights to counsel and to due process when documents prepared and signed by…