COA rules on home improvement fraud
When two parties knowingly enter into a contract for home improvements that will not be done, the contractor cannot be charged with home improvement fraud under Indiana Code 35-43-6-12(a)(4), the Court of Appeals ruled today. In Lawrence Golladay v. State of Indiana, 08A02-0701-CR-93, the court reversed Golladay’s conviction for home improvement fraud under subsection (4)(a), which states, “A home improvement supplier who enters into a home improvement contract and knowingly: uses or employs any deception, false pretense, or false promise to…