Public Officers and employees can be guilty of misappropriation if they exercise a degree of material control over public funds
I. Summary The California Supreme court recently held in People v. Hubbard, 63 Cal. 4th 378 (2016) that a school superintendent was properly convicted of misappropriating public funds under Penal Code Section 424[1]. The Court reasoned that the superintendent was a public officer who exercised a degree of material control over public funds and could […]