State v. Thorup

OPINION

BILLINGS, Associate Presiding Judge:

Defendant Don Ralph Thorup, under a plea bargain agreement, pleaded guilty to seven of eighty-two charged felonies. Before sentencing, defendant moved to set aside his guilty plea, claiming it was not voluntary. After an evidentiary hearing, the trial court denied defendant’s motion. We affirm.

FACTS

Defendant is a fifty-four-year-old businessman and college graduate. He was charged with sixty-four first-degree counts of communications fraud, fifteen second-degree counts of computer fraud, one second-degree count of theft, one second-degree count of…