State v. Clark

OPINION

McHUGH, Judge:

11 Defendant Zachriah E. Clark appeals his conviction of five counts of sodomy on a child and five counts of sexual abuse of a child. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in excluding evidence of the sexual behavior or, alternatively, the prior false allegations, of his accusers pursuant to Utah's rape shield law. See generally Utah R. Evid. 412(a) (making evidence of a victim's other sexual behavior inadmissable in criminal proceedings involving alleged sexual misconduct). He further argues that the trial court erred in denying an evidentiary hearing on the…