Newton v. State

The state filed a nine-count information against appellant, Vannie Newton, Jr. He was charged with one count of organized scheme to defraud and three counts of third degree grand theft, all of which were alleged to have occurred on June 28, 2007, and upon the property of Newton’s employer. Newton was also charged with three counts of uttering a forged instrument on June 28, 2007, and two more counts which occurred on July 31, 2007. Newton pleaded to all the charges. He was sentenced to five years in prison on the charge of organized scheme to defraud with credit for 191 days time served. For…