Walt Hines, and a dry cleaner. The record of debit card activity reveals a slew of personal purchases, including charges at Publix, Walgreens, Tire Kingdom, Cavalier Wine Cellar, Sunglass Hut, Blockbuster Video, and Nextel Wireless.
Finally, the Government also introduced evidence and testimony that Ellisor sold $10 tickets to schoolchildren in California, Missouri, Colorado, and Arizona in connection with a show called "Washington D.C. on Tour." The invitation promised that the show, scheduled for November 22, 1999, at the Salt Lake City Marriott Hotel in Utah, would "consist[] of 41 exhibits of art and history about our nation's capital and the federal government." Ellisor cancelled the show and was subsequently fined $31,200 by the Utah Department of Commerce, Consumer Protection Division, based on his failure to pay refunds toconsumers within 30 days, for committing a deceptive act in violation of the Consumer Sales Practices Act, U.C.A. § 13-11-4. At the close of the Government's case, Ellisor moved for a judgment of acquittal, which was denied.
Ellisor called his ex-girlfriend, Angela Saiza Bailey, and Walter Hines to the stand, then took the stand himself. Bailey testified that Ellisor lived with her for three or four months prior to the show. During those months, he acquired a computer, a printer, and labeling equipment, and fielded phone calls relating to the show from her house. Ellisor enlisted the help of her children in preparing for the show. Bailey also claimed to have seen prizes in Ellisor's suite at the Doubletree Hotel, and testified that the watch that Ellisor purchased did