Legal Opinion

State v. Fitzwater

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided January 29, 2026No. Case No. 20220451-CAPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

2026 UT App 10

THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, Appellee, v. CORY MICHAEL FITZWATER, Appellant. Opinion No. 20220451-CA Filed January 29, 2026 Second District Court, Ogden Department The Honorable Camille L. Neider No. 181902031 Ann M. Taliaferro, Staci Visser, and Jackie Reidelberger, Attorneys for Appellant Derek E. Brown and Daniel W. Boyer, Attorneys for Appellee JUDGE RYAN D. TENNEY authored this Opinion, in which JUDGES GREGORY K. ORME and DAVID N. MORTENSEN concurred. TENNEY, Judge: ¶1 After spending several hours drinking, Cory Fitzwater and Dalton Aiken drove to a pond near…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. People v. JenkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Taylor v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2006
  5. State v. RayUtah Supreme Court · 2020

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. ManciaCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2026
  2. State v. AlvarezCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2026
  3. State v. SaedtCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2026

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