State v. Hopkins

HALL, Chief Justice:

Defendant was charged with and convicted of aggravated sexual assault perpetrated with the threatened use of a sixteen-inch knife. 1 Defendant’s principal contention on appeal is that the victim’s testimony in conjunction with other evidence regarding the assault and use of the knife was inherently improbable and that it was insufficient to support the verdict of the jury.

The facts of this case, viewed in the light most supportive of the jury verdict, are abbreviated as follows: Susan Evans, a 36-year-old dispatcher for the Park City Police Department testified that some…