State v. Yoder

JACKSON, Judge:

Defendant Michael W. Yoder appeals his convictions for child kidnaping, a first degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-301.1 (1995), and aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-404.1 (1995). We affirm.

FACTS1

On October 21, 1993, around 6:30 p.m. at a West Valley City apartment complex, five-year-old S.F. left her apartment to take some trash to a dumpster about thirty feet from her apartment door. When S.F. failed to return after a few minutes, her mother began searching for her and then called the police to…