Aiken v. State
36 S.W.3d 131 | Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin) | 2000
Holding Summary
Conviction for misapplication of fiduciary property reversed because the State failed to prove the essential element that the contractor's failure to pay subcontractors involved substantial risk of loss to the owners, whose liability was limited to the statutory ten percent retainage fund.
State did not prove an essential element that appellant's failure involved substantial risk of loss to owners.
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