State v. Norris

HAYS, Justice.

Appellant Charles Franklin Norris, Sr., was charged with two counts of embezzlement in January, 1975. Four months later he entered a plea agreement with the Maricopa County Attorney’s office to plead guilty to two counts of obtaining money or property by false pretense or confidence game, open end, in violation of A.R.S. § 13-312. In return, the embezzlement charges were to be dismissed.

The plea was entered on May 20, 1975 and the appellant sentenced in July, 1975 to not less than four and one-half nor more than five years on both counts, to be served concurrently.

An appeal was…