Lovell v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged in a multiple count indictment with theft by conversion (OCGA § 16-8-4) (Counts 1, 2 and 3) by lawfully obtaining funds under an agreement and known legal obligation to apply them to the remodeling of a house for Charles A. Clayton and Mary Ann Clayton, and then converting portions of those funds in amounts exceeding $500 to his own use in violation of the agreement and legal obligation. Defendant was further charged in Count 4 with conversion of payments for real property improvements in violation of OCGA § 16-8-15, for using the proceeds of…