Legal Opinion

State v. Young

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided April 26, 2018No. 20160045-CAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIANSEN, Judge:

¶1 During an interview with police, Defendant Christopher Young confessed to sexually abusing Victim. The State charged Defendant with three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, three counts of sodomy on a child, and one count of rape of a child, all first degree felonies. Before trial, Defendant filed a motion to suppress his confession, which the trial court denied.

¶2 A jury convicted Defendant as charged, and the trial court sentenced him to fifteen years to life on each of the three aggravated sexual abuse of a child counts, twenty-five years to life on each…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. State v. HelmsUtah Supreme Court · 2002
  3. State v. RettenbergerUtah Supreme Court · 1999
  4. State v. PiansiaksoneUtah Supreme Court · 1998
  5. State v. Arriaga-LunaUtah Supreme Court · 2013

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