Legal Opinion

State v. Larson

Utah Supreme Court

Decided June 1, 1989No. 860553PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Defendant Wayne J. Larson appeals from his conviction, following a jury trial, of the offense of sodomy on a child, a first degree felony. Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-403.1 (Supp.1986) (amended 1988). On appeal, Larson advances three arguments. He claims that the trial court erred in denying his pretrial motion to dismiss or continue the action, in excluding from evidence certain police reports, and in improperly commenting on the lack of relevance of those police reports. We affirm.

In January of 1986, Larson was arrested and charged with committing sodomy on a child, a violation…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. KnightUtah Supreme Court · 1987
  2. State v. VerdeUtah Supreme Court · 1989
  3. State v. SchreuderUtah Supreme Court · 1986
  4. State v. GarciaUtah Supreme Court · 1983
  5. State v. CloudUtah Supreme Court · 1986

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. State v. HamiltonUtah Supreme Court · 1992
  2. State v. DibelloUtah Supreme Court · 1989
  3. State v. BakalovUtah Supreme Court · 1999
  4. State v. ArchuletaUtah Supreme Court · 1993
  5. State v. WorkmanUtah Supreme Court · 2005

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