Legal Opinion
State v. Arguelles
Utah Supreme Court
Decided July 12, 1996No. 930036PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZIMMERMAN, Chief Justice:
Roberto V. Arguelles appeals his conviction of two first degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. We affirm.
On the afternoon of August 1, 1992, a ten-year-old girl and her eight-year-old brother were playing outside at their elementary school when a man approached them claiming to be a school security guard. The man explained that he was investigating a report of a broken window and asked the children to accompany him to the back of the school. There the man said, “Well, I don’t see any broken windows, so I’ll have to frisk you to make sure that you…
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