· 6/27/1979
Coplin v. State
Citations
- 585 S.W.2d 734
- 1979 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1789
How courts have described this case
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- holding that fiduciary capacity includes joint adventurers, partners and other fiduciary relationships not specifically mentioned in the statute
- holding that fiduciary capacity includes joint adventurers, partners and other fiduciary relationships not specifically mentioned in the statute
- holding that a jury charge that tracked the language of the indictment after the phrase “if you find and believe” was not a comment on the weight of the evidence
- holding that a jury charge that tracked the language of the indictment after the phrase “if you find and believe” was not a comment on the weight of the evidence
- upholding conviction for misapplication of fiduciary property against managing partner of joint venture who received money from investors for purposes of obtaining television broadcast rights but instead cashed checks for personal use
- fiduciary property, commercial bailee, trustee, guardian, administrator, executor, conservator, receiver, and managing partner need not be defined because they are not essential to prosecution under Penal Code section 32.45, misapplication of fiduciary property
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Judges: Douglas, Roberts, Odom
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