Culpepper v. State

Banke, Judge.

The appellant and the co-defendant, an employee of the City of Hartwell, Georgia, were indicted on 72 counts of theft by taking. After a joint trial, appellant was convicted on 57 counts while his co-defendant was acquitted on all counts. The state’s evidence showed that appellant presented invoices from three non-existent chemical companies to the co-defendant and received payment for chemical products which were never received by the city.

Appellant’s principal enumeration of error concerns the admission of incriminating bank records over his motion to suppress. The records…