Legal Opinion

State v. MacNeill

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided August 18, 2016No. 20140875-CAPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

VOROS, Judge:

¶1 Defendant Martin J. MacNeill appeals his conviction for forcible sexual abuse, a second degree felony. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶2 MacNeilTs wife was killed in April 2007. 1 Afterwards, their adult daughter (Victim) moved back home to help MacNeill with her four younger siblings. Because all the home’s bedrooms were occupied by the younger children, Victim and MacNeill both slept in the master bedroom—she in the bed, he on a sofa. On May 23, 2007, Victim woke up to find MacNeill “rubbing [her] buttocks,” his hand underneath her underwear. He was also “licking ... and…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brigham City v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  3. State v. MenziesUtah Supreme Court · 1994
  4. State v. LaffertyUtah Supreme Court · 1988
  5. State v. BishopUtah Supreme Court · 1988

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3Cited by4 opinions

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  4. State v. MillerbergCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2018

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