State v. Roberts
Court of Appeals of Utah
Judge Jill M. Pohlman authored this Opinion, in which Judges Gregory K. Orme and Michele M. Christiansen concurred.
1Opinion of the Court
POHLMAN, Judge:
¶1 Mark Jess Roberts appeals his convictions for various crimes involving sexual abuse of a child (Victim). He argues that the trial court erred by (1) admitting into evidence a video-taped interview of Victim by the Children's Justice Center (the CJC interview), (2) failing to strike testimony of a witness, and (3) excluding evidence regarding another potential perpetrator of Victim's sexual abuse. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
¶2 Between the ages of four and five, Victim lived with her mother and Roberts, her mother's boyfriend. Though she knew that Roberts was not her biological…
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