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Robinson v. State

Citations

  • 401 S.E.2d 621
  • 198 Ga. App. 431
  • 1991 Ga. App. LEXIS 78

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  • holding that a false promise of future performance cannot be grounds for theft by deception because such loss derives not from deceitful practice, but from absolute confi- denee in the party making the promise
  • in which a Georgia conviction for theft by deception was reversed because there was no evidence that the defendant had obtained the funds at issue
  • insufficient evidence of theft by deception because investors did not rely on any misrepresentation of an existing fact, as opposed to a prediction of future performance

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Judges: Sognier, McMurray, Carley

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