State v. Norris

OPINION

JACKSON, Presiding Judge:

¶ 1 Richard Norris appeals his sentence entered pursuant to conditional pleas of guilty to two counts of communications fraud, a third degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-1801(1) (1995).

BACKGROUND

¶2 Norris advertised employment positions, promising salaries and benefits for “diet counselors.” Norris required the prospective “employees” to sign what they believed to be agreements regarding the custody of the diet product. Those agreements were in fact sales agreements wherein the “employees” turned out to be purchasers of the product, rather…