State v. Wallace

WILKINS, Associate Chief Justice:

T1 The defendant in this case was placed on twelve years of probation for six felony convictions related to his participation in a fraudulent investment scheme. He argues that Utah Code section 77-18-1(10)(a)@) imposes a three-year limitation on his probation and that a twelve-year term of probation therefore constitutes an illegal sentence. We find no such limitation in that provision or elsewhere in the Utah Code and therefore affirm.

l BACKGROUND

2 The defendant, Gerald Steven Wallace, participated in a Ponzi scheme 1 that defrauded several homeowners of more…