Grand Theft Separate From Embezzelment

     Grand theft by an employee is not a lesser included offense of embezzlement because a defendant can commit one without necessarily committing the other.  As for embezzlement, such offense is the fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been entrusted.  The crime of embezzlement requires the existence of a relation of trust and confidence. 

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