State v. Burgess

STREIT, Justice.

Mary Kathlyn Burgess kept money paid by her customers for decorating services she never rendered. Burgess entered an Alford plea to a charge of theft by misappropriation. The Iowa Court of Appeals dismissed the charge without prejudice to allow the State to re-indict Burgess. See Burgess v. State, 585 N.W.2d 846, 848 (Iowa Ct.App.1998). The State then filed a trial information charging Burgess with theft by deception. Again, Burgess entered an Alford plea to the charge. She now appeals from her conviction and sentence for third-degree theft by deception. Iowa Code §§ 714.1(3),…