Criminal – Embezzlement – Sentence – Statutory Maximum

By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 28, 2008

A defendant convicted of felony embezzlement cannot have her sentence reviewed by the Court of Appeals. The trial court sentenced defendant to a total of 10 years but suspended five years, six months of that sentence. Thus, defendant’s total sentence, notwithstanding the amount suspended, constitutes exactly half of the maximum punishment for felony embezzlement. As a ...

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