State v. Williams

MEIERHENRY, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Defendant Gary Dean Williams (Williams) appeals from his conviction for three counts of grand theft by deception. Williams asserts that evidence was improperly admitted at his trial. He also asserts that his thirty-year sentence, with nine years suspended, constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] The three counts of which Williams was convicted involved three different victims: Michael Crago (Crago), Michael and Cheryl Brimmer (the Brim-mers), and Gerald Heck (Heck). Crago and Williams, both hearing impaired, first became acquainted while…