State v. Johnson

OPINION

McHUGH, Judge:

11 Jamis M. Johnson appeals his criminal conviction for securities fraud, a violation of the Utah Uniform Securities Act (the Securities Act), see Utah Code Ann. §§ 61-1-1 to - 30 (2006 & Supp.2009), 1 and the accompanying restitution order entered by the trial court. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

BACKGROUND 2

The Transaction

T2 In the summer of 2000, two dairymen held a family dairy farm as the sole members of a limited liability company (the LLC). In July 2000, the dairymen learned that A. Paul Schwenke "was interested in meeting some dairy farmers to…