State v. Coffey

564 P.2d 777 (1977)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

Don C. COFFEY, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 14710.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 16, 1977.

Gordon A. Madsen and Maxwell A. Miller, Madsen & Cummings, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., William W. Barrett, David J. Schwendiman, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salt Lake City, Noall T. Wootton, Utah County Atty., Provo, for plaintiff and respondent.

ELLETT, Chief Justice:

Appellant bought a load of cherries and paid for them with a check in the amount of $3,560 drawn on the Dixie State Bank. Both the seller and his son…