State v. Humphries

HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:

We. granted certiorari to review defendant’s conviction for issuing bad checks, 795 P.2d 1138, a third degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-505(1) (Supp.1988). In an unpublished opinion, the court of appeals in case No. 880704-CA affirmed the conviction.

Defendant opened a checking account at a bank in Ogden with an initial deposit of $100. He made no other deposits, but he wrote a number of checks on the account for amounts in excess of $100. At his trial for issuing bad checks, he testified that prior to writing them, he gave Dorie Stewart, a…