State v. Taylor

For the reasons stated herein, we should dismiss this appeal because we are without jurisdiction to entertain it. I therefore dissent from the granting of a new trial and from Part I of the majority’s opinion, and express no opinion on the subjects treated in Part II.

A circuit court jury convicted defendant of distributing pornographic material, U.C.A., 1953, § 76-10-1204, and he appealed to the district court. After that court affirmed his conviction, he took this further appeal to this Court. At the request of the Court, the parties have briefed the question of this Court’s jurisdiction in…