State v. Melvin

GREENE, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

The State’s evidence showed that Mrs. Sarah Lewis employed defendant, an attorney, to assist her in the administration of her husband’s estate. In December 1982, defendant and Mrs. Lewis opened an estate account at the United National Bank in Fayetteville (hereinafter, “UNB”) and deposited a check for $19,950.10, which check represented the proceeds of a life insurance policy of Mrs. Lewis’s deceased husband, Moses Lewis, Jr. Mrs. Lewis only authorized defendant to expend funds…