P. v. Tipton CA3
In August 2013, a jury found defendants William Tipton, Jr., and Frayba (Sarwary) Tipton guilty of two counts of embezzlement of personal property (a 2006 Ford truck and a 2008 Ford Mustang) held under a contract of purchase (Pen. Code, § 504a) with Ford Motor Credit Company, which held legal title. It further found defendant Tipton guilty of perjury in connection with a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) form, and embezzlement (§ 503) of a 2004 Ford Mustang to which a credit union held legal title pursuant to a loan, acquitting him of two counts of insurance fraud and one count of defrauding an insurer. Finally, it found defendant Sarwary Tipton guilty of two counts of perjury in connection with a different DMV form. In May 2015, the trial court suspended imposition of sentence and granted probation conditioned on a jail term. Briefing on appeal was completed in February 2018.
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