State v. Easthope

OAKS, Justice:

After conviction of aggravated sexual assault, defendant was sentenced to an indeterminate term of five years to life, with a recommendation that he serve thirty years prior to release or parole. On appeal, he urges error in the discovery of blood and hair samples and in the refusal to sequester the jury or poll them concerning possible exposure to prejudicial publicity.

On September 19, 1981, a man wearing a pillowcase mask raped a woman at knife-point at 1010 Downington Avenue in Salt Lake City. She described her assailant’s size and build. The description generally matched…